Topic Last Modified: 2006-07-13

The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer Tool examines the Exchange Function Call Log (FCL), Store.fcl file, for events that indicate ongoing cross-component calls from the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to the IMAIL component of the MAPI client.

Ongoing calls are requests from the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to other components that have not received a response at the time the Exchange FCL data is written to the Store.fcl file.

The IMAIL component of Exchange Server is a flexible conversion service that is used by the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service between Internet and MAPI messages. This allows for the interoperability between clients which use RFC-822 or Internet format and clients that use the Exchange Server internal storage format, such as MAPI clients or internal store tasks.

Exchange uses the IMAIL mechanism to apply message formats to the content, as defined for Internet domains in Exchange System Manager or as specified by the user per recipient in Microsoft Office Outlook®. If no formatting parameters are passed to IMAIL, IMAIL formats MAPI messages in Summary TNEF (S/TNEF) format for transfer between servers.

If the Exchange Server Analyzer finds events in the Store.fcl logging file that reflect ongoing calls from the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to the IMAIL component of the MAPI client, the Exchange Server Analyzer displays a warning.

This warning indicates that performance may become an issue for this server. Occasional ongoing calls do not necessarily indicate a problem, but repeated ongoing calls to the same area might.

When cross-component calls from the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) wait for a response, remote procedure call (RPC) threads can back up behind these requests and lead to Exchange Server performance issues such as delays in server responses to clients.

Ongoing calls from the Exchange Information Store service to the IMAIL component of the MAPI client can occur when one or more of the following conditions are true:

• IMAIL tries to process much data in a message or attachment.
  
  
• Many clients request data conversion
  
  
• DSAccess requests encounter a slow response.
  
  
• There are bottlenecks on the TEMP and TMP drives.
  
  
• There are ongoing mailbox moves.
  
  

To address this warning, take the following steps:

• Schedule any mailbox moves for off-peak demand intervals.
  
  
• Run the Exchange Server Analyzer for an additional analysis of server issues such as message and attachment size limits. You can download the Exchange Server Analyzer at "Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool v2.7" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34705).
  
  
• Review the articles in the For More Information section of this document.
  
  

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