>Please help,
>I have a 2003 SBS Server running Exchange 2003 SP2.
>We are a support company and get many event log files sent to us for
>interrogation. For some reason when we now recieve .evt files something in
>exchange is either removing the file contents or corrupting the file. When we
>try and open the save event log file we get the following error;
>Unable to complete the operation on "Saved Application Log". The parameter
>is incorrect.
>I have tested this by sending to an alternate email address that does not go
>through our exchange and it works fine, i can open and read the event log.
>I have searched the internet with the above error and there is nothing at
>all.
>Can anyone help? This is beginning to affect the support we provide to our
>customers.
>Thanks in advance.
>

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:17:01 -0800, Woody
> <Wo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Please help,
> >I have a 2003 SBS Server running Exchange 2003 SP2.
> >We are a support company and get many event log files sent to us for
> >interrogation. For some reason when we now recieve .evt files something in
> >exchange is either removing the file contents or corrupting the file. When we
> >try and open the save event log file we get the following error;
> >Unable to complete the operation on "Saved Application Log". The parameter
> >is incorrect.
> >I have tested this by sending to an alternate email address that does not go
> >through our exchange and it works fine, i can open and read the event log.
> >I have searched the internet with the above error and there is nothing at
> >all.
> >Can anyone help? This is beginning to affect the support we provide to our
> >customers.
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
>
> The .evt files should be too big to be emailing them around. Zip them
> up. People Zip those files all over the planet all day long. If they
> come through corrupt then it isn't Exchange corrupting them.
>

"Woody" <Wo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18F64830-0B23-4C48-B997-D5C9446FEF59@microsoft.com...
> The .evt files that come from our customers PC's are not too big to email,
> and an example size, which is the one i was trying to open, was 511kb,
> (too
> big!!) No.
> I appreciate you taking time to post a reply, but it does not answer my
> question.
> It would have been nice if you could have at least given me some theories,
> rather than just saying zip it. Something has changed in exchange as it
> was
> fine before christmas, and they were not zipped then!!
>
> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:17:01 -0800, Woody
>> <Wo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Please help,
>> >I have a 2003 SBS Server running Exchange 2003 SP2.
>> >We are a support company and get many event log files sent to us for
>> >interrogation. For some reason when we now recieve .evt files something
>> >in
>> >exchange is either removing the file contents or corrupting the file.
>> >When we
>> >try and open the save event log file we get the following error;
>> >Unable to complete the operation on "Saved Application Log". The
>> >parameter
>> >is incorrect.
>> >I have tested this by sending to an alternate email address that does
>> >not go
>> >through our exchange and it works fine, i can open and read the event
>> >log.
>> >I have searched the internet with the above error and there is nothing
>> >at
>> >all.
>> >Can anyone help? This is beginning to affect the support we provide to
>> >our
>> >customers.
>> >Thanks in advance.
>> >
>>
>> The .evt files should be too big to be emailing them around. Zip them
>> up. People Zip those files all over the planet all day long. If they
>> come through corrupt then it isn't Exchange corrupting them.
>>