[IMail Forum] IMail SMTP Server Service Terminated Unexpectedly

[Frank Ableson]

I have been experiencing these messages in the event log a few times per 
day.  The service will restart, usually.  However, the service will 
eventually refuse to re-start because it cannot bind port 25.  Essentially, 
it looks as if the port is taken (it shows up in netstat) by the previous 
SMTPD32.exe process which has in effect become a "zombie".  The only way to 
restore service is via a reboot of the machine (win 2k AS).

I upgraded from 8.03 to 8.05HF3 on the advice of ipswitch tech support who 
claimed that this was a known problem that is resolved in 
8.05HF3.  Apparently, that is not correct.  I have fiddled with EHLO/HELO, 
VRFY anti-spam measures as recommended on the board, though with no solid 
results.  I am willing to go to 8.latest version, however, from other posts 
I have seen, it does not appear that the problem is resolved?

Can anyone shed more light on this?
The logs don't say much other than the last thing that is always listed 
prior to a "Starting ..." message is "Performing anti-spam checks".

Thanks.
Frank
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