XCON: Internet Mail Service Stops with Events 4116 and 4102 (317653)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q317653

SYMPTOMS

The Internet Mail Service may unexpectedly stop and it cannot be restarted. If you examine the Application Event log, you may see the following events in the Application Event log:
4116

An error was returned from the messaging software the Internet Mail Service uses to process messages on the Microsoft Exchange Server. It is possible that the piece of mail being processed at the time will not be delivered. The message that was being processed has been moved to the "BAD" folder. Use the appropriate utilities found in the SUPPORT directory of your Exchange CD to view and manipulate these messages.
4102

A serious error has occurred while trying to send mail into the Exchange Information Store. The Internet Mail Service is being shut down.

CAUSE

This issue may occur in one of the following scenarios:
  • Antivirus software is installed and running on the server.
  • The server is running out of available disk space on the partition where the Imcdata folder is located.
  • Your server installation needs to be updated with the latest release of the service pack and any hotfixes for Store.exe that may be available.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  1. Check the available disk space on the drive where the Imcdata folder is located. To free up more space, use any or all of the following procedures:
    • Remove unnecessary programs.
    • Empty the Recycle Bin.
    • Delete files in all temporary directories.
    • Remove any unnecessary files from the Imcdata\Log folder.
    • Move the Imcdata folder to another drive or another partition.
  2. If your SMTP Protocol Log appears to occupy a significant portion of the partition, change the logging level to a lower setting. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program.
    2. Click your server, click Properties on the File menu, and then click the Diagnostic Logging tab.
    3. Locate the SMTP protocol, and then change its logging setting to a lower value.
  3. Turn off or remove any antivirus software that may be running on your computer.
  4. Locate and delete a bad message that may be causing the information store to stop responding. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Stop the Internet Mail Service.
    2. Move all messages from the C:\Exchange\Imcdata\In folder to another folder (for example, create a folder named C:\Messages to move the messages to).
    3. Move the messages back to C:\Exchange\Imcdata\In one message at a time. If the number of messages is large, you can move them in small groups.
    4. Delete the Queue.dat file from the Imcdata folder.
    5. Restart the Internet Mail Service.

      If a bad message was placed in the Imcdata\In folder, the information store stops responding immediately.
    6. Repeat steps a through e until you locate and delete the bad message.
  5. Use the information from the following Knowledge Base article to change the Max Threads(Private+Public) registry setting:

    169686 XADM: IMC shuts down, error connecting to IS

  6. Apply the latest service pack and the most current Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) hot fixes. For additional information about how to obtain the latest service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    191014 How to obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 service pack

    For additional information about Exchange Server 5.5 information store bugs in Service Pack 4 that have been fixed in subsequent hot fixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    282533 Exchange Server 5.5 post-Service Pack 4 information store fixes available

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about similar issues, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

279798 XADM: Information Store service hangs after you apply SP4

295969 XADM: The Information Store service is caught in deadlock after you apply Exchange Server 5.5 SP4

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:5/3/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB317653
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