Users do not appear in the Global Address List, users cannot connect to their Exchange mailboxes, event ID 8331 is logged, and e-mail names cannot be resolved in Exchange Server 2003 (837444)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition

SYMPTOMS

On a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and that has more than one logical processor, you may find that Active Directory updates from Exchange 2003 no longer work correctly. The Recipient Update Service does not configure all the Exchange attributes for the user accounts. As a result, these users may not appear in the Global Address List or may not be able to connect to their Exchange mailboxes. Additionally, you may find that event ID 8331 error messages that are similar to the following are repeatedly logged to the application event log:Type: Error
Source: MSExchangeAL
Category: Address List Synchronization
Event ID: 8331
Description:
The service threw an unexpected exception which was caught at Drive:\Titanium\Dsa\Src\Lra\Abv_dg\Lservagent.cpp(4511) You may also receive event ID 8331 error messages that contain a description that reports than an unexpected exception occurred in the Active Directory Connector (Adc.exe) and in the Lotus Notes Dirsynch Connector component (Addxa.dll).

When you click Check Name while configuring Exchange e-mail accounts in Microsoft Outlook, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
The name could not be resolved. The name could not be matched to a name in the address list.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if an internal class incorrectly processes certain threads that run at the same time.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

836993 How to obtain the latest updates and service packs for Exchange Server 2003

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, restart the appropriate service. For example, if the source of the event ID error message that is logged to the application event log is listed as MSExchangeAL, restart the System Attendant service.

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

For additional information about the naming schema for Exchange Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

817903 New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/3/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbQFE kbfix kbBug kbExchange2003preSP1fix KB837444 kbAudITPRO
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