When I had similar issues between the core Exchange servers in Houston and a remote one in Italy, that the queues in the MTAs would bunch up behind a large message. After extensive Exchange troubleshooting (in vain) it turned out we had a "dirty" WAN circuit - when that was replaced mail flow returned to normal. Strange thing was that it appeared fine, Terminal services to the remote box didn't bomb and pings were fine [1], although it transpired that the circuit was dropping a hell of a lot of packets.
Concentrate on troubleshooting the network, I'd be surprised if it's an Exchange issue.... [1] Crude I know. <> Event ID 57: Source: MSExchangeMTA Type: Warning Category: X.400 Service The limit on the number of associations allowed to and from entity (X.400 address) has been reached. The limit is 9. [MTA XFER-IN 19 34](12) Event ID 289: Source: MSExchangeMTA Type: Warning Category: X.400 Service A connection to (X.400 address) could not be opened [MTA XFER-IN 19 26](12) Event ID 1290: Source: MSExchagneMTA Type: Warning Category: X.400 Service A locally initiated association to (X.400 address) was refused. The failure reason provider was 0 and the reason was 0. Control block index 6. Type 1. [PLATFORM KERNEL 25 130](12) Event ID 9202: Source: MSExchangeMTA Type: Warning Category: Operating System A sockets error 10061 on an accept[] call was detected. The MTA will attempt to recover the sockets connection. Control block index: /. [BASE IL TCP/IP DRVR 8 256](12) _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]