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Article ID: 947458 - Last Review: May 8, 2008 - Revision: 1.0

The Edgetransport.exe process may crash on an Edge server that is running Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

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SYMPTOMS

On an Edge server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you run the following PowerShell cmdlet:
Set-AttachmentFilterListConfig -RejectResponse "Test with non-ASCII characters"
When you do this, the Edgetransport.exe process may crash.

Note In this cmdlet, non-ASCII characters is a placeholder for characters such as the following characters:
  • é
  • è
  • ë
  • ê
  • à
Additionally, the following event is logged in the Application log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchange Common
Event Category: General
Event ID: 4999
Description:

Watson report about to be sent to dw20.exe for process id: 2316, with parameters: E12, c-RTL-x86, 08.01.0222.002, edgetransport, unknown, M.E.D.T.S.SmtpResponse.ctor, System.FormatException, d4ed, unknown. ErrorReportingEnabled: False

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 on the server.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
948016  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948016/ ) Description of Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, rerun the same PowerShell command without the non-ASCII characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/LN/ ) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
817903  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817903/ ) New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages
For more information about the Set-AttachmentFilterListConfig cmdlet, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676445(EXCHG.80).aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676445(EXCHG.80).aspx)

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
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