DOCUMENT:Q165146  19-DEC-1999  [exchange]
TITLE   :XCON: Exchange MTA Logs Event ID 62 and 3144
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbsetup kbtshoot kbusage exc4 exc5 exc55

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft Exchange Server may log the following warnings in the Windows NT event
viewer:

   Event ID 3144
   Source: MSExchangeMTA
   Type: Warning
   Category: X.400 Service

   An internal MTA error occurred: message submit failure. Object ID:
   06xxxxx.

   Entity name:

   /o=Microsoft/ou=MAILER/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=HIGHLANDERS/ 
   cn=Microsoft

   Private MDB. [XAPI DELIVER 47 109] (12)

   Event ID 62
   Source MSExchangeMTA
   Type Warning
   Category x.400 Service

   A delivery failure occurred for the message with message transfer
   service identifier. X.400 reason code unable-to-transfer. Diagnostic
   content-too-long.

   Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. [0 MTA SUBMIT 25 112] (12)

CAUSE
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These warnings are caused by a message that exceeds the limit set on the Servers
MTA. Increasing the server's message transfer agent (MTA) message size limit
will resolve the problem


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbtshoot kbusage exc4 exc5 exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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