What are you using for DNS? What version of Declude? Are there Q files piling up in the spool\overflow directory?
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris McElroy > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail Gateway Woes, Suggestions Needed > > I have two Imail Gateway's both running Imail 7.15, Declude Virus and > Junkmail, they only relay incoming mail to my POP/SMTP/Web Imail Server. > One server is a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz, 1GB Ram, 36GB 15K SCSI. Second is a > Dual > PIII 966Mhz, 1GB Ram, 40GB IDE. I have about 100 Domains that are any > where > from slow to moderately busy. I have the MX Records pointed so that it is > about an equal amount of traffic to each machine. The PIII is starting to > become "overworked" so it will start spooling up mail around 13,000 > Messages > in the spool waiting to be delivered. So I pointed one of the domains > that > is fairly high traffic to my Xeon server. Well about a day later the xeon > started spooling up mail around 8,000 Messages in the spool waiting to be > delivered. I increased the Maximum SMTP Processes on the Dual Xeon to > 150, to get the mail delivered. I ran the Imail Log Analyzer and came up > with the following: > > SMTPD Connections > > Total - 379,093 > Occurrences Description > > 2,724 216.74.144.15 > 2,695 216.74.144.14 > 2,622 216.74.144.13 > 953 209.133.28.63 > > VERSUS > > SMTP Remote Host Deliveries Total - 23,770 > > > I know that this indicates a serious problem. I can't afford for my mail > to > be delayed anywhere from 1 hour to 4 hours, this isn't good business, so I > am up for suggestions. I know that there are people on this list that Run > Imail Gateways/Servers that see way more volume than I do. > > So what should I expect to see from the above mentioned Xeon server Load > wise? > > What do most of you have your Maximum SMTP Processes set to? > > Should I replace the PIII with another Dual Xeon and Run ROUND Robin DNS > for > load balancing? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Kris McElroy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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/
