Exchange 2003 and Interbase/Firebird

From: Jasper Huijser (jasper_at_lucrasoft.nl)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:03:38 +0200

Hi,

We have Firebird running on a few sbs servers at different customers. runs
ok, but after a restart, exchange System Attendant (mad.exe) takes a range
of ports i.e. 3045 - 3055, sometimes lower, sometimes higer. but it always
overlaps de firebird port (3050).

Firebird cannot start correctly and no client can connect to the database.
when i stop the system attendant, restart firebird, start sa, firebird sits
on 3050 OK and exchange just picks an other port. no problem.

but i don't want to do that every time a have a restart. now i think there
are 2 options:

- make exchange services depent on firebird (what i don't want!)
    if firebird stops, has to restart or whatever, the whole sa, store en
pop3 connector stops too.
- Prevent exchange sa from using port 3050
   this is what i like as solution, but can it be done? and if so, how??

Thanks,

Jasper

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