Thank you Jean, I will give that a go when I'm next able to get access to the server.
Kind regards Matt Pryor Research and Development Manager The International Presence Group of Companies EMAIL: [email protected] URL: www.International-presence.com On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 07:00, Jean Helou <[email protected]> wrote: > hello matt > > can you try enabling logger org.apache.james.util.AuditTrail at level info > ? > you can then filter the audit trail logs for protocol SMTP action SPOOL > the log line should have the message size. > > the log is registered after the full mail has been read from the wire and > spooled in the mailqueue > > jean > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM Matt Pryor < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > After a bit more investigation it seems the client is sending some > > particularly large attachments which seems to coincide with some of the > > delays we're seeing. > > > > Is there any way to record the size of emails being submitted? > > > > Thanks > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > Matt Pryor > > Research and Development Manager > > > > The International Presence Group of Companies > > EMAIL: [email protected] > > URL: www.International-presence.com > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 18:02, Matt Pryor < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I am using James 3.8.2 / jpa guice on Windows. > > > Customer says that users are complaining of email delays. > > > > > > One example I identified in the logs - email was submitted here: > > > > > > 2025-10-02 16:25:36.052 [DEBUG] o.a.j.p.a.h.CommandHandlerResultLogger > - > > > org.apache.james.smtpserver.JamesRcptCmdHandler: [250 2.1.5 Recipient > > > <xxxx@xxxx> OK] > > > > > > Then spooled here: > > > > > > 2025-10-02 16:25:36.202 [INFO ] o.a.j.s.SendMailHandler - Successfully > > > spooled mail Mail1759422336090-388e03bd-1020-4389-a0f0-89e4c97747b7 > with > > > messageId <-1642525984.317.1759422335691@QUAN001> from qtxdemo@xxxxxxx > > on > > > 204.75.15.226/204.75.15.226 for [xxxx@xxxx] > > > > > > Then dequeued for sending here: > > > > > > 2025-10-02 16:25:36.317 [DEBUG] o.a.j.t.m.RemoteDelivery - Sending mail > > to > > > [xxxx@xxxx] on host Domain : gmail.com > > > > > > But not delivered until 5 minutes later: > > > > > > 2025-10-02 16:30:58.303 [INFO ] o.a.j.t.m.r.d.MailDelivrerToHost - Mail > > > (Mail1759422336090-388e03bd-1020-4389-a0f0-89e4c97747b7-to-gmail.com) > > with > > > messageId <-1642525984.317.1759422335691@QUAN001> sent successfully to > > > gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. at 172.253.63.26 from xxxx@xxxx for > > > [xxxx@xxxxx] > > > > > > I've set spool threads to 200 and delivery threads to 500, but counting > > > the delivery attempts between 16:25 and 16:30 there were only a couple > of > > > dozen. > > > > > > Any idea what can be causing this please? > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Matt Pryor > > > Research and Development Manager > > > > > > The International Presence Group of Companies > > > EMAIL: [email protected] > > > URL: www.International-presence.com > > > > > > > > > > > >
