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PC DirSync: Err Msg: Fatal 159 Failure to Send Update Mail...

Article ID: 136333

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2a
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5

This article was previously published under Q136333

SYMPTOMS

During the T2 phase of automatic Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync) or when you run the server transmit process SRVMAIN -t, the following error may be displayed:

Fatal 159 Failure to send update mail to requestors PCM:Net/PO

CAUSE

This error may be caused by a missing INQUEUE.KEY file and/or a missing INQUEUE.MBG file.

RESOLUTION

Create new INQUEUE.KEY and INQUEUE.MBG files.

To create a new INQUEUE.KEY file:

debug INQUEUE.KEY
-rcx
CX 0000
:230
-f100,32f,0
-w
-q

To create an INQUEUE.MBG file:

M:\MBG> type nul > INQUEUE.MBG

NOTE: You can verify that the file was created by using the MS-DOS DIR command to check for the existence of a zero-byte INQUEUE.MBG file.

MORE INFORMATION

This error can also be caused by insufficient disk space on the file server hosting the Dir-Sync server postoffice.

Additional query words: 3.20 3.20a 3.50

Keywords: KB136333