XCON: MTA Event 2050 with Badly Encoded X.400 Message (183014)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q183014

SYMPTOMS

A badly encoded X.400 message arriving at an Exchange message transfer agent (MTA) from a non-Exchange MTA can cause the MTA to terminate with an Event 2050 similar to the following:
16:13:33 2050 MTA
A fatal internal MTA error occurred. Contact Microsoft Product Support
Services. An illegal PUT to element 8C1FF200 occurred at offset 1. [BASE
DISP:FANOUT 15 69] (16)

CAUSE

The incoming message has a Content Identifier envelope field that has an invalid length of 0.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 5.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbbug kbfix kbusage KB183014
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