> How is mail set up? Do you have an external mail > server or is coldfusion pointed to sendmail running on > the local box? External, but local mail server running sendmail.
> If cf5 goes into a "restarting frenzy" we have a cron > job to delete the oldest file in > /opt/coldfusion/mail/spool > > Usually cfexec restarts cfserver but there's another > cron job running to restart coldfusion if it dies > completely. OK sounds good but how do you set up the cron job? How does it know if CF is running or not? How do you tell that it has begun the restarting weirdness (apart from users calling up saying they are loosing sessions)? > As far as I can tell it isn't the 0 length files that > appear in the spool dir but bad email addresses that > cause the problem. People tend to type all kinds of > junk in email address submission boxes :-) > > I think CF can handle 1 bad address in the spool but > if there are 2 or more *bad things* happen. What do you mean by bad address - incorrect email format (eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED]&^$&[EMAIL PROTECTED]) or an address that doesn't exist on a host (eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED])? > I have just spent a couple of hours trying to > replicate the problem on a test server unsuccessfully, > so the server might have to be under load at the same > time for it to happen? I've got it narrowed down to some spool files at this end. If you want I can send them off list so you can see if they replicate the problem. > > Good luck with sorting it out. > David Thanks mate. I've got a guy from MM on the case now so hopefully we should be getting closer. Cheers Mark --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
