I've had this happen twice and the event log always told me which message file was bad. In capital letters even. Delete it (or move it, whatever), restart the service and you should be good to go.
I really hate that line "put on the latest service pack". That didn't help me a bit. -----Original Message----- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IMS Will start and then stop with event ID 4116 Here's your answer to this one... XFOR: Internet Mail Service Stops with Event Log Error 4116 (Q193639) -----Original Message----- From: David Gibbons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: IMS Will start and then stop with event ID 4116 It just keeps getting better and better.... New event: 4131 An unexpected error occurred in the Internet Mail Service. Information about this error is stored in the data portion of this event. Data: 0000: e0 07 14 00 70 00 03 80 �...p..? _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

