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It was in fact diabled before I set it to automatic. &nbsp;So if I disable it, I can ignore the error message?
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It was in fact diabled before I set it to automatic.  So if I disable it, I can ignore the error message?

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Yes. just disable it.<br />
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You may want to check here as well:<br />
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<a href="http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=2000&eventno=890&source=MSExchangeIS%20Mailbox&phase=1" rel="ugc">http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=2000&eventno=890&source=MSExchangeIS%20Mailbox&phase=1</a>
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Yes. just disable it.

You may want to check here as well:

http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=2000&eventno=890&source=MSExchangeIS%20Mailbox&phase=1 [http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=2000&eventno=890&source=MSExchangeIS%20Mailbox&phase=1]

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I just setup an SBS 2003 server (pre-install by Dell). &nbsp;I am getting a few Application Event ID 2000 errors:<br />
&quot;Verify that the Microsoft Exchange MTA Service has started. &nbsp;Consecutive ma-open calls are failing with error 3051.&quot;<br />
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I searched several forums and got very different resolutions ranging from ignore (SBS 2003 is supposed to do this) to reinstall SMTP. &nbsp;I set the MTA service to automatic and started it (per one forum). &nbsp;No erors resulted in this.<br />
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My question is: Is there a problem with having the MTA service running on SBS 2003? &nbsp;If so, what should I do about this?<br />
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Thanks
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I just setup an SBS 2003 server (pre-install by Dell).  I am getting a few Application Event ID 2000 errors:
"Verify that the Microsoft Exchange MTA Service has started.  Consecutive ma-open calls are failing with error 3051."

I searched several forums and got very different resolutions ranging from ignore (SBS 2003 is supposed to do this) to reinstall SMTP.  I set the MTA service to automatic and started it (per one forum).  No erors resulted in this.

My question is: Is there a problem with having the MTA service running on SBS 2003?  If so, what should I do about this?

Thanks

SBS 2003-Event ID 2000-Verify MTA Service has started

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).