Scott, Thanks for the tip! That was it!! Things are flying now...better than they ever have
I remember this issue being posted here about a month ago, but didn;t pay much attention to it as the problems we had back then did not revolve around SMTP connections to the server; all of a sudden, though, as we identified every other issue and resolved it (with much assistance from this list I must add!) the SMTP connection issue became more and more prevalent, and we could not figure out why it would all of a sudden behave this way... - wow - how such a simple change can make all the difference..... My hat's off to all contributors on this list - your guidance has been irreplaceable..... Sincerely, Randy Armbrecht Global Web Solutions�, Inc. 804-346-5300 x102 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x102 ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] smtp SSSSSLLLLOOOWWWWNNNNEEEESSSS > > > > > Are you running F-Prot on that server? A few people have recently > > reported > > > > slow SMTP connections when running 16-bit processes (such as > > F-Prot.exe) on > > > > the server -- the new F-Prot fpcmd.exe is a 32-bit program and fixes the > > > > problem. > > > > Yes we are running F-PROT - let me look into that.... > > >Would that affect the SMTP connection though, or just the speed of sending > >the emails? We are seeing very similar issues right now. > > Normally, it's hard to imagine that any program could interfere with the > speed of the SMTP connection, unless it was involved in the SMTP > transaction somehow (such as a software firewall) or had very high CPU usage. > > However, in this case with F-Prot (which only a few people have reported, > so it appears to only occur with certain OS settings), the 16-bit processes > would somehow end up slowing the SMTP connections. Switching to a 32-bit > AV program would fix the problem. > > While on the topic of AV and speed, though, you may also see massive CPU > usage (and hence slowdowns) if you have an AV program actively scanning > .mbx files (which normally there is no need to do, as most AV scanned can't > find most viruses in .mbx files, since they don't know the file format of > the .mbx files). > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.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/ > --- > [Scanned for viruses by www.GlobalWeb.net using Declude/F-Prot AV] > > 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/
