Q158901: XADM: MDB Event 2079: Unable to Submit, Send, or Transfer Msgs

Article: Q158901
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-APR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you apply Microsoft Exchange Server Service Pack 3 (SP3), the following
event error is logged when the Microsoft Exchange Information Store receives an
incoming Internet Mail Connector (SMTP) message for an unrecognized recipient:

  Event ID: 2079
  Source: MsExchagneIS Private
  Type: Error
  Category: Transport
  Description: Unable to submit, send, or transfer out a message. No recipient
  was found in the envelope.

CAUSE
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The severity of this event was incorrectly set to an Error (red) by the
Microsoft Exchange Information Store.

RESOLUTION
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Apply the fix referenced below. The Information Store code was corrected to
display this event as a Warning (yellow) and only when transport diagnostic
logging is set to maximum.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server
version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Exchange 4.0
U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


Additional query words: IMC

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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