Yep -- just dropped to a command prompt and did a telnet to port 25 on my own mail server (where these emails are sent from, at home, on a cable connection).
Gerald On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:34:43 -0800 Kevin Bilbee said something about RE: [IMail Forum] flooded queue: > CAn your box make any outbound connections??? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerald > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:20 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue > > > > > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:51:53 -0500 > > R. Scott Perry said something about Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue: > > > > > > > > >I looked in the spool directory and there are 13,000+ files in > > spool AND > > > >another 13,000+ in spool/overflow -- OUCH! > > > > > > Is the CPU usage at 100%? If so, you're probably experiencing a very > > > high > > > volume of E-mail. > > > > CPU running from 15% to 65% while watching it for 15 or 20 minutes in > task > > manager (first thing I checked -- sorry I didn't mention it). > > > > > If not, you should check your DNS settings in the SMTP section of > IMail > > > Administrator, and make sure that there is only one DNS server listed > > > there, and that it is a highly reliable server (preferably one on > your > > > network). If there is only one listed there, and it is the one you > > > want, > > > cut and paste the setting back into the box, and click "Apply". > > > > As in "reset" the DNS server(s). I currently have two in the box > > -- both in > > house and reliable. One on each T-1 that comes into the building. I'll > try > > that. > > > > I'm now up to 16,000+ files in both directories only 3 hours > > after I posted > > my initial message. Any way to cause all inbound messages to issue a > > 'tempfail' reject while the box recovers? > > > > Gerald -- Gerald V. Livingston II Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html 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/
