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XCON: MTA Stops Unexpectedly in SNPUPUTN() While Accessing Object in Database

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This article was previously published under Q275653

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Symptoms

The Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 3 message transfer agent (MTA) may stop unexpectedly with a call stack that is similar to the following when the MTA attempts to gain access to a particular object in the MTA database: 
FramePtr  RetAddr   Param1   Param2   Param3   Function Name
068afb30  004f56d3  08293ae0 00000003 034b8a5a EMSMTA!snpuputn+0x4e
068aff28  004ea2f9  00554b13 00694aa8 034e8508 EMSMTA!otpmrfo+0x923
068aff48  004ea186  00554b13 0884cf90 000041e8 EMSMTA!otpmmai2+0x129
068aff8c  00554b98  000041e8 034e4305 00000013 EMSMTA!otpmmain+0x3c6
068affb8  77f04ee8  00000013 000041e8 034e4305 EMSMTA!sbpiwbep+0x58
068affec  00000000  00000000 00000000 00000000 KERNEL32!BaseThreadStart+0x51
The MTA may log several events that are similar to the following before the MTA stops unexpectedly:
Event ID: 2182
An MTA database server error was encountered while copying an object. Called from MTA. Procedure 124. Database error code: ODXFATAL - Internal or Application Error. Object at fault: 060008AC. [DB Server DISP:FANOUT 19 269] (14)

Event ID: 9405
An unexpected error has occurred which may cause the MTA to terminate. Error: Access violation (0xc0000005) at Address 0x436fde reading from 0x31206. [BASE DISP:FANOUT 19] (16)

Event ID: 9405
An unexpected error has occurred which may cause the MTA to terminate. Error: Releasing unowned write lock 5589790. [BASE DISP:ROUTER 30] (16)
In this particular case, the MTA stops while it attempts to gain access to object 060008AC or db0008ac.dat, which the MTA referenced in the event ID 2182 error message.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
191014� XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

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Workaround

To work around this problem, run MTACheck several times. This may enable the MTA to restart.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 3. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4.

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Keywords: KB275653, kbqfe, kbfix, kbexchange550sp4fix, kbexchange550presp5fix, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 275653
Revision : 4
Created on : 10/26/2006
Published on : 10/26/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 590