maybe try defragg'n the hard drive too ~Rick
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:45 AM - FamHost > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Queue filling up, mail not being delivered > after most recent MS security patches > > > What service pack of NT 4.0? > > What version of Declude? > > What other patches did you install? > > John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA > IT Manager, Network Engineer > RelianceSoft, Inc. > Fullerton, CA 92835 > www.reliancesoft.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of discuss > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:07 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Queue filling up, mail not being delivered after > most recent > > MS security patches > > > > Hi, > > > > I am having an issue with Imail. It has been running flawlessly > > for almost a year. This past weekend I installed the most recent > > patches from MS for security related issues (we run nt 4), the > > last patch we installed Q810833i.EXE > > > > Now we have periods of no mail being delivered, not even being > > logged in the sysxxxx.txt file, so I am at a loss on how to > > diagnose this. I restart smtp, but then it will deliver new mail, > > but old mail is delayed for hours. > > > > Tonight I just recently upgraded imail from 7.1 to 7.14 to see if > > that would fix this issue. But we still have a giant backlog. > > > > We run declude junk mail. > > > > We seem to NOT have a traffic surge. The box seems to be running > > normal, no dictionary attack etc. But right now I have 8,390 > > pieces of mail in my spool (we have ~20,000 active users so we do > > see decent mail volumes, but have never had this issue). > > > > I checked dns and the upstream dns imail points to and that seems > > fine. > > > > So a couple of questions. I tried to search the archives for > > help, but can't seem to find any, so I will post the questions > > here, if you know what is going on or can help (don't worry I will > > not corral you in and force you to work for me..) if you can cc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well I would appreciate it as that is on > > another server and I may not see the mail here. > > > > The questions. > > > > Any idea why? Or what to look for? What logs? What to look for? > > > > Best way to deal with the Queue backup? Should I stop declude > > while it plows through it? Can I remove some mails and slowly > > feed them back in to not overwhelm the server? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Chet > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Get your own evilemail.com address at http://www.evilemail.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/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. 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/
