XFOR: Event 3018 Occurs When Restarting the Internet Mail Service (272506)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q272506

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to start the Internet Mail Service after it has failed, the service does not start and the following event is reported in the application event log of Microsoft Event Viewer:

Event ID: 3018
Source: IMC
Description: The available disk space on the spool drive has dropped below (%1)K. The Internet Mail Connector will not accept messages for inbound and outbound conversion until the available disk space has increased above (%1)K.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if there is a 16-GB file in the Exchsrvr\Imcdata\Out folder.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, delete the 16-GB file, delete the Queue.dat file from the Exchsrvr\Imcdata folder, and then restart the Internet Mail Service.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB272506
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