PC NTMMTA: Error 2140 When You Try to Start Instance

 Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
Article ID: Q146122
3.50 WINDOWS kbenv

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT, version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start an instance of the Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT (NT MMTA), you may get an error 2140. When you stop any MMTA instance from the Services Manager and Control Panel, the MMTA will not successfully release the dynamic drives or the home PO, and eventually it exhausts the free list of drives. A complete reboot of the server is required to make drives available to the service.

In the above situation, you will usually see the following message: 

   Drive is either local, used, or greater than LASTDRIVE. Initializing
   data structures. Could not connect to drive.

CAUSE

The dynamic drive mappings are not being freed when the MMTA service is stopped because the API call fails on dynamic drives. The drive mapping for the home PO is also not released.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.5 of the Microsoft Mail Multitasking MTA for Windows NT. This problem is fixed in version 3.5.27 of the NTMMTA.

Contact Microsoft Product Support Services for more information on the availability of this fix.

Additional reference words: MMTA 3.50 post35fix
KBCategory: kbenv
KBSubcategory: MailPCNTMMTA
Keywords : MailPCNTMMTA kbenv
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
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