Also I see this in the Application Event log every time I force a retry on the stuck "Awaiting Directory Lookup" queue (I do have plenty of disk space):
Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeTransport Event Category: Categorizer Event ID: 6004 Date: 10/22/2002 Time: 6:15:42 PM User: N/A Computer: SHFEX01 Description: The categorizer is unable to categorize messages due to a retryable error. There is not enough space on the disk. 0000: 70 00 00 00 p... -----Original Message----- From: Andrey Fyodorov Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 4:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: I just discovered a bug in Exchange 2000 this is very elusive. I can't reproduce this *under normal cirumstances*, i.e. create a user account with mailbox, create another user account without a mailbox, create a group, mail-enabled it, add both user accounts to the group, send a test message to the group. The groups that do not work are built like this: - each customer has a separate OU - inside the customer OU there are all the user accounts and group accounts for the customer. - each customer has a global security group AllUsers@[customer.com] and every customer's user account is automatically added to the group. The group is mail-enabled. - Each customer has an account called Service (UserPrincipalName=Service@[customer.com]), Service is also a member of AllUsers@[customer.com] group. Service account does not have a mailbox. - Messages sent to AllUsers@[customer.com] get stuck in "Awaiting Directory Lookup" queue. - If I create a mailbox for Service, messages flow normally. If I delete the mailbox, messages get stuck again. We have a few thousand customers, so there are a few thousand groups called AllUsers@[customer.com], and each group has its own Service user as a member. I wonder if the categorizer runs out of steam trying to resolve the correct Service without a mailbox out of thousands. Although the UPN clearly states which one is which... _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]