Re: SMTP and Exchange 2003
- From: Rick Boza <rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Exchange List <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:29:20 -0500
Windows 2003 SP1 monkeys with services (I mean, monkeys with them in a good
way, or is supposed to) - if you're playing around with early versions of
that I suppose it's not impossible it would remove a service.
I know SMTP is one of the services it will change, but it's supposed to
detect that you're an Exchange server and know better.
Much more likely? Pebkac.
On 3/9/05 5:03 PM, "Clay Niemann" <clayn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi. This morning our MTA crapped out and refused to start. After tinkering
> around we found that somehow the SMTP service had been removed. Reinstalling
> it and Exchange (with /reinstall) seems to have fixed the problem. My
> question is: how did SMTP get booted in the first place? Was there a recent
> patch or service pack for Win2003 that turns it off? Our Symantec seems to
> be up to date and working, so I don't think it is a virus. Thanks.
>
> -Clay
>
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