Repeating Console.log Entry?

The following occurs regularly in my console.log, and I'm wondering if anyone can point me to what might be causeing it:
Exception caught in COTTCPListener::HandleAccept(), calling OTSndDisconnect
It seems like something is trying to call an Open Transport routine to shut something down, but I don't have a clue what it would be.
This is on a 17" Intel iMac under 10.4.9
17" Intel iMac, iBook G4, eMac, PB 1400, Power Curve 120, etc.   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Thanks.
While Google didn't directly help, as I read various posts I realized checking "receive faxes on this computer" in System Preferences>Print & Fax panel was creating the repetitive message. Unchecking it stopped the message in the System Log.
Aloha from Big Island.

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    Resolved with a clean install.

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