Re: POP3 Connector crashing

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You might want to reinstall the POP3 Connector. First, delete the POP3
folder (c:\program files\backoffice\connectivity\pop3 connector) to get a
clean reinstall without errors. Then reinstall per Susan's post this thread:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000/browse_thread/thread/511dd9445122fef2/8f63a332d5845f62?q=sbs+2000+reinstall+pop3+connector&rnum=30&hl=en#8f63a332d5845f62

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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"enaht" <enaht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20BF75BD-3E6E-4C85-A4F5-6E435C072189@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I am running SBS 2000 and Exchange 2000 in a non-profit organisation with
> 20
> users.
>
> Over the last week or so we have had problems with retrieving external
> mail.
> Internal mail can be sent and received without problem and external mail
> can
> be sent but Exchange is not retrieving external mail from the ISP.
>
> The problem seems to be with the Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes.
> The
> service starts and seems to run ok but then after a while the status field
> says it's stopping and it just hangs in this state. If I right click on
> the
> service, all of the options to start, stop, restart etc are greyed out and
> the only way to get out of this is to reboot the server. All of the other
> Exchange related service seem to be running fine.
>
> I have checked the Application Log and the only entries for the POP3
> Connector apart from when it crashes are to say that it is starting and
> then
> that it has started successfully. These were after a reboot of the server
> last Tuesday and it worked ok until Friday.
>
> This morning the status of the Connector said 'Stopping' and it has been
> stuck there for the past 3 hours. The Application Log reports Event 1002
> and
> says "The service started the shutdown sequence... ".
>
> Has anybody experienced this before? Can someone give me some advice on
> what
> is causing the problem and how to resolve it?
>
> Thanks!


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