I am experiencing similar problems on one of my servers. Pop3 and web connections are lightning fast. SMTP connections to the server will sit there for 5-20 seconds before it responds. I am not running f-prot or declude on this server. I'm still trying to narrow down what is causing this.
imail 7.13 2000 - sp3 quad zeon's 1 gb ram 10k scsi's spool on seperate drive/controller ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:04 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] A Little Help NT - IMail sluggish on SMTP connections > NT or IMail (I believe its NT more than IMail) seem to have developed a > limit and/or gone sluggish on SMTP connections. > > SMTP connections will be sluggish or refused at times (both from mail > servers and from clients- 10061) POP3 and network access and on screen > performance seem > unaffected. Only SMTP connections. > > This is a Dual 1gig mhz processor, 768k Ram, Raid 5, NT 4 with all service > packs. Small number of spool files but nowhere drive space limits, gigs left. > Running Declude Virus and JM. Network cards were replaced with 3com. No NT > errors showing in logs so far. > > Placed gateway servers in front of this server but while the gateway servers > spooled the mail they faced the same problem of not being able connect > enough to deliver mail (connections failed) thus backing up their spools > with undelivered mail. > > Any one know of a reason why NT/Winsock/Imail/??? would do this. > > TIA > > Stu > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > CSOnline Technical Support hours - Monday thru Saturday 7am - 1am > CSOnline Technical Support Numbers Seneca 814-677-2447 > Clarion 814-227-3638 > Meadville 814-425-1696 > Parker 724-399-1158 > http://www.csonline.net http://www.cshowcase.com http://www.learncenter.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
