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PC NTMMTA: Err Msg: A Failure Occurred Attempting to Read...

Article ID: 137864

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Mail Multitasking Message Transfer Agent 3.2a

This article was previously published under Q137864

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT (NT MMTA), start a service, and try to monitor it, you may get the following error:

Error: A Failure Occurred Attempting to Read or Write to the Registry

CAUSE

You selected to monitor an instance that is local to the Microsoft Windows NT machine; however, the Service Location selected is set to Remote Server in the Microsoft Mail Service Manager.

RESOLUTION

In the Microsoft Mail Service Manager, verify Service Location is set to Local.

Additional query words: 3.50 MTA

Keywords: KB137864