DOCUMENT:Q170005  25-APR-1999  [exchange]
TITLE   :XCON: MTA Fails to Start with WinNT Event ID 137
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:WinNT: 5.5
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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The Microsoft Exchange Server Message Transfer Agent (MTA) may fail to
start and the following event is logged in the Windows NT Application Log.

   Event ID: 137
   MSExchangeMTA A fatal directory error occurred. Change to the
   maximum logging level for more details.
   [MTA MAIN BASE 1 15] (16)

Check to make sure the Microsoft Exchange directory service is started. The
MTA relies on the directory service to properly initialize. This behavior
is by product design.
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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WinNT: 5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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