Imap for Gmail has a 15 connection limit for an account. I'm wondering (as others) of this is simply something similar for smtp.
It is quite feasible Gmail is throttling connections from a single ip or subnet where the hostek server resides. Maybe some previous abuse by the ip. Now that you have the cname workaround in place, did hostek revert back to the maintain connections enabled? I could maybe see the behavior you described, if another customer on the server is sending a large number of mails, and they have connection caching disabled and/or are spooling to memory. They should be spooling to disk and have maintain connections enabled. Byron Mann Lead Engineer & Architect HostMySite.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356624 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
