Some journal messages are stuck in the Submission queue in Exchange Server 2007

Consider the following scenario. In a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment, you specify a backup e-mail address to which the journal reports are sent if the original journaling mailbox is unavailable. To do this, you use the following command:Note This e-mail address may be an external contact.

In this scenario, some journal messages are stuck in the Submission queue.

Note You can check for this issue by using Queue Viewer in the Toolbox node of the Exchange 2007 Management Console.

For journal messages, if the JournalReportNdrTo parameter is set, a non-delivery report (NDR) message that attaches the journal reports should be sent to the e-mail address that is specified. However, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 introduced a flag for journal messages to force them to be delivered. When the journal messages cannot be delivered for some reason, the journal messages are stuck in the queue forever because the journal messages cannot be delivered.

To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. For more information about Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, see the following Exchange Help topic: For more information about how to obtain the latest Exchange service pack or update rollup, see the following Exchange Help topic:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about the Set-TransportConfig command, visit the following Microsoft Web site:For more information about the journaling feature, visit the following Microsoft Web site: