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MTA Gets a Sockets Error 10054 When Connecting Over TCP/IP X.400 Connection

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This article was previously published under Q162674

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Symptoms

When the Exchange message transfer agent (MTA) connects to a remote Exchange MTA over an X.400 TCP/IP connection, you may get the following event ID in the application event log of the local MTA:
7/31/97 4:15:31 PM MSExchangeMTA Warning Operating System 9221 N/A
EXCHSRV1 A sockets error 10054 on a WSARecvEx() call was detected. The
MTA will attempt to recover the sockets connection. Control block index:
1. [BASE IL TCP/IP DRVR 10 262] (12)
Also, the connection to the remote MTA fails.

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Cause

This scenario may occur when you use only DNS (Domain Name Service) for name resolution, and only the host name is entered under Org?Site?Connections?Connector?Stack.

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Resolution

Enter the FQDN or the IP address under <Org>?<Site>?Connections?Connector?Stack.

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Keywords: KB162674, kbusage, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 162674
Revision : 6
Created on : 10/28/2006
Published on : 10/28/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 386