Hey here is an idea first if you are trying to use SQL 7 Download the dll
from niceman, it works great with the software. Also try resetting
permissions on the drive, that's probably what is causing the services to
stop responding... Make sure that system has full rights to the Imail
folder and all subfolders dip/.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark.anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:54 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum]
> 2 months not 2 hours.
>
> I wish that was true. But we probably spent well over 2 months, close to 3
> months.
>
> I read every email on this forum that relates to (MS)SQL since January
2000.
> (since I also have an Imail 5.x running on its own database for about 2
> years with no problems I had already subscribed on this forum long time
even
> before this incident)
>
> That is why I suggested Imail for this bigger project to my people. Two
> years ago when I called for tech support I found a receptive ear at
Ipswitch
> which has significantly changed since then taking in account the problems
> that I have encountered with them in the last 2 months.
>
> In any case we are having performance problems with IMAIL, and we need to
> load about 25,000 subscribers on an email server but the subscribers
already
> have their information on the MS-SQL 7 database that is why I need to have
> the external database setup with IMAIL. The problems that we encounter are
> that the CPU constantly goes to 100% and only a reboot fixes that problem
> for a few minutes. Even with out any user's actively using the mail
services
> that CPU goes to 100% compared to my Imail 5.x which at worst goes to 10%.
> In addition, the pop3 users get timed out very often and for no specific
> reason (maybe because the mail server CPU is at 100%)
>
> That is why I was asking if anybody has a sizable base on IMAIL-SQL7
already
> working ? I can not believe that to be true from my experience and from
> trying the IMAIL suggested DLL and the Nice man's suggested DLLs. I am
also
> currently looking at both NT Mail and Mercur.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Mark Anderson
> Digitcom Services, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 12:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
>
>
>
> >IPSWITCH can count us as one less customer. We spent about 2 months
trying
> >to implement their latest version with a SQL database and we were having
> >performance issues with poor support from IPSWITCH.
>
> Sorry to hear that. 2 hours isn't a very long fuse. It takes me longer
> than that just to wake up.
>
> I just did a search in my non-exhaustive archive of this forum and did not
> find digitcom.net.
>
> A lot of people here have had trouble and then success with
> Imail-to-SQL. Why not join the crowd?
>
> Len
>
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