Exchange Migration 5.5 problem

[marmar49]

I am trying to migrate from 5.5 to 2000 using the swing method, we setup a temp Exchange 2K box, ran all the setup, created and CA with ADC, moved a couple of mailboxes that are test accounts, can get mail to accounts on new exchange to send to each other but not from outside or from the 5.5, error message is as follows:

Event ID:290
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Category: X.400

A non-delivery report (reason code directory-operation-unsuccessful and diagnostic code Omit any diagnostic code) is being generated for message C=US;A= ;P=email;L=SJVEM1-040716165255Z-185. It was originally destined for DN:/o=EMAIL/ou=SJVHQ/cn=RECIPIENTS/cn=Imd4321§ (recipient number 1), and was to be redirected to . [MTA DISP:RESULT 18 136] (12)

I have found references to the error 290, but nothing related to the reason code: directory-operation-unsuccessful, on the Microsoft site or anywhere else, the only thing I did find was to apply or re-apply the service pak, which I have done, but to no avail, ANYONE out there have any theories or solutions, I will be eternally grateful, TIA marmar49

 

[Marcs41]

Form Event ID:
We have seen this message when an Exchange custom recipient is deleted and someone tries to send an email to that account BEFORE the global address list is recreated. However there are other potential reasons for this message to occur.
Reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code maximum-time-expired: As per Q169715, it is usually an indication that one or more of the servers involved has an incorrect system date or time setting.

Ionut Marin (Last update 7/3/2004):
As per Microsoft: "This issue can occur if a rule automatically forwards all messages sent to a particular mailbox to another mailbox or group of mailboxes. If one or more of the target mailboxes are deleted, an NDR is generated and returned to the sending mailbox, which creates a message loop local to that server". See Q249796 for more details.

Also check Q170471, Q224987, Q836563, and Q841834 for more details.

See the link to "Microsoft event 290 from source MSExchangeMTA" for more details on this event from Microsoft.

From a newsgroup post: "If the mailboxes that are shown in the recipients portion of the description are all old mailboxes that are now hidden, most likely, this error is from people who have copied the Global Address List entry to their Contacts list and are still addressing the hidden mailbox using that entry (the x.400 address). There's nothing wrong with your system. You might want to instruct your users to address messages out of the GAL if at all possible. There are only a few good reasons to ever copy GAL entries into Contacts lists (synching with PDA's, personal distribution lists)".

From a newsgroup post: "This event can be caused by the fact that either, you have a limit placed on the message size allowed to pass through the MTA or you have placed a restriction on which users can send messages through the IMS. These settings are sure to generate many events, most of them benign".


There are many Microsoft articles with information about this event:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q153188

Q160534 , Q160947 , Q169676 , Q169715 , Q170471 , Q170535 , Q176127 , Q176952 , Q180547 , Q181952 , Q184681 , Q186258 , Q186672 , Q191947 , Q224987 , Q230497 , Q241632 , Q246388 , Q247133 , Q249796 , Q251016 , Q254264 , Q259343 , Q270695 , Q278444 , Q288848 , Q302394 , Q302451 , Q320225 , Q328654 , Q819851 , Q836563 , Q841834

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[marmar49]

Ok, these are brand new mailboxes, never been deleted, not old and hidden, and again the reason code is directory-operation-unsuccessful, I have checked all these posts and they are all the same, no help as of yet, anyone? marmar49