Could be some funky use of CFPOP that is causing a problem. I can't think
of any other reason the SMTP would be involved. Is there anyone on the box
using CFPOP extensively? Maybe to download large quantities of emails +
attachments. Or using a COM object to parse bounced email or something like
that. Just a thought..

Brook

At 05:53 PM 11/3/2003, you wrote:
>Tom, thanks for your interest in this issue.
>
>First of all let me say that I've had my dev server running flawlessly since
>installation.  I also have clients who have dev servers running CFMX6.1
>without problems.  So I'm not beating up on CFMX.
>
>But there are also lots of people who are having problems, and no one seems
>to have solutions.   My Sysadmin and I have looked around forums including
>this one, and there are quite a few people who have the same (or perhaps
>just similar) issues.    After a while, CFMX just stops, and brings the
>whole server to a halt.
>
>In our case, jrun.exe grew and grew until there was no space left and it
>strangled the server.   We would reboot the server and everything would be
>fine.   4-5 hours later, everything's stopped again.
>
>So .. we started a program of leaving one component of the web server out of
>the mix each time to see if we could find the culprit that way.   I wrote
>that message the other day when we had started everything except the SMTP
>server and we'd had nearly 3 days without the box locking up.   Now I don't
>know exactly how the SMTP server related to this issue, but all I know is
>when SMTP was stopped, the box kept running.    (I am but one reseller of
>several on this box, and the sysadmin isn't subscribed to CF-TALK which is
>why I post messages here on his behalf.  I'm not in a position to say
>whether the problem could be caused by one of the other users' CF code, but
>I know I use CFMAIL for simple things.)   So we've installed a new mail
>server last night, and the jury is still deliberating on whether that's
>working better.
>
>I would like if someone from Macromedia would be talking directly to the
>Sysadmin so more complete and reliable information about the configuration
>and logs etc can be passed.
>
>My reason for posting anything here on CF-Talk about this was NOT to thump
>Macromedia or to pour scorn on CFMX6.1, because I think it's a great
>product.  I'm currently working on a big project on a very large site that's
>being rebuilt in CFMX.   No problems there either.     No, I posted because
>it was obvious to me that while most CFMX6.1 installations were very robust,
>there were some that were nothing but problems, and there was a  real
>shortage of solutions around.
>
>
>
>Looks like that's going to change now, and that's a good thing.
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael Kear
>
>Windsor, NSW, Australia
>
>AFP Webworks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Jordahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 12:21 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: Update: Memory Leak on Win2k/CMX6.1
>
>Mike,
>
>I am glad to hear that you have identified the problem.
>What exactly do you mean by "stopped the SMTP server"?
>
>How exactly does the SMTP server relate to your CFMX server?
>Do you use CFMAIL in your application?  Was mail going out?
>Was there any errors in the mail log?  Was the server hanging?
>Did you specify a backup SMTP server (if running Enterprise)?
>Do you have a template that can reproduce the problem?
>
>Looking forward to more info.
>
>--
>Tom Jordahl
>Macromedia
>
>
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