Have you tried turning off your Anti-Virus? ( I am assuming that you have one installed? ) I had a similar problem a while back related to the AV Scanning engine with an update that occurred. If you want a quick fix, I can forward you a script to restart the exchange services every few minutes until you can isolate the issue. Jose -----Original Message----- From: Justin Moebus [mailto:jmoebus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:44 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service Unexpectedl ly Stops.... http://www.MSExchange.org/ I've also just checked and confirmed the post exchange 5.5 sp4 patches are installed. Here is a list of what's installed... kb829436 kb842436a q289258 q301361 q304062 If that helps. Again, thanks in advance, -Justin -----Original Message----- From: Justin Moebus [mailto:jmoebus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:38 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 5.5 Internet Mail Service Unexpectedlly Stops.... http://www.MSExchange.org/ First off, I'm new to this list and am glad to have found it. If its anything list the winnt list I've been a part of for a long time, I'm sure it will be helpful (though I can't help here in return as much as I can there...) Anyway, we run Exchange 5.5 sp4 on W2K sp4. What's been happening is that the internet mail service keeps stopping without warning. Usually, I come into the office and its not running so its become part of the daily routine to check on it in the morning. I've set the service to auto-restart on the first second and third failure under windows services and that doesn't seem to be working. I've found all sorts of references at the MS knowledgebase and non seem to apply - there are no errors listed under the application log like all of the references in the KB mention. I've found two ariticles that might be relevant: MS03-046 and MS03-047 Lacking the same kind of skills with Exchange I have with Windows, I'm kind of at a loss. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to solve this problem? Are the patches found under those Security Bulletins what I'm looking for? Any help would be apprecated. Thanks, -Justin ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: jmoebus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: jmedeiros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx