I have seen that too. Is it consistent and constant, or occasional. If occasional, I would not worry about it, as it will be retried. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny [mailto:nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:00 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] DCOM was unable to communicate with our smarthost? > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Once and awhile I see this error message in the event log: > > Event Type: Error > Event Source: DCOM > Event Category: None > Event ID: 10009 > Date: 6/29/2004 > Time: 8:45:47 PM > User: MAIL\ourbigbadadminaccount > Computer: EXCHANGE > Description: > DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer mx1.oursmarthost.com > using any of the configured protocols. > > For more information, see Help and Support Center at > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. > > mx1.oursmarthost.com is our SmartHost specified in our SMTP settings. > Exchange Server 2003 we are using. > > Thank you for your time. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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: > johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist