Robert,
We called Ipswitch on this very issue and were told that Imail only uses
what
it "thinks" it will need for SMTP processes. Even if you do the reg hack
and tell it to use more. They also said there was no plans in place
to change this. Really sucks when you have a monster of a machine
with a fat pipe and can't use it because of the application.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Edgar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] SMTP Processes
> 2 or 3 times a week we fire out about 10k of emails. Takes our db a few of
> minutes to generate these and dump them to IMail for IMail then to send
out.
>
> Left to its own devices IMail takes a couple of days to clear this lot,
> finally sick of the complaints about how long it takes to shift the emails
I
> logged onto the IMail server to take a look at what was going on.
>
> Found there were 6 SMTP processes and from the speed of processing ( less
> than 6 a minute ) I reckon only one or two processes were being used for
> outbound mail the rest were there for inbound mail.
>
> Well the IMail server has a couple of fast processors and bags for memory
so
> I wrote a batch file to fire up another SMTP process and clicked away till
I
> had 60 SMTP processes running. Well cpu utilization was upto 50% but thats
> OK and now we running around 500 messages a minute and some 20 mins later
as
> the queues cleared the processes droppped out one by one.
>
> I was staggered that IMail had gone from a dog to a star, BUT its still a
> MAJOR pain in the butt that whilst our email system is fully automated if
I
> want to sendout bulk mail I have to remeber to go to the server and fire
up
> the extra processes.
>
> My question is/are
> 1) Why is IMail so brain dead in the first place to not start up extra
> processes to handle the large outbound queue.
>
> 2) Is there someway I can automate this or tell IMail I ALWAYS want 50/60
> processes for outbound mail...
>
> Rob
>
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