At the time of the problem, the spool was empty as was the overflow because Imail SMTP was not processing/receiving/sending anything. The overflow occurred once the service was restarted and all the backup incoming started to poor in.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Overflow > > >>The overflow is a temporary problem cause by for some reason the SMTP > >>service stopped processing at 6:00 PM yesterday even thought is was > running, > >>and I found out about it at 10:00 this morning, restarted and the flood > >>gates opened up. Until the backflow of inbound and lists are processed, > the > >>overflow will continue. > > Not that this solves your problem, but what you described is precisely why > we wrote QueueMon. Every once in a while either the SMTP services stop > delivering or maybe one of our DNS servers has an issue that backs up the > queue. With QueueMon it keeps an eye on the queue/overflow directory and > will page or run a script of your choice when your queue/overflow > size/growth percentage reaches a certain level. This has saved our butt > several times preventing massive queue backups... > > Darrell > ------------------------------------------- > Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude And > Imail. IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, MRTG Integration, and Log > Parsers. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
