Here's what I did to fix it: 1) I turned off declude junkmail (by renaming the global.cfg file) 2) Moved all the files from the overflow directory to the spool directory
They all cleared out and things are back to normal. Now (an hour after i turned junkmail off) I am going to turn junkmail back on and see what happens. >From what I could tell, most of the extra email was spam. I could not find any trace of a mail loop, though. Our mail server is a Dell 2450 with 2 866processors and 512mb ram. it has a caching raid controller and some very fast drives. How high do you think I could get away with setting that max processes value? In the imail admin for 7.11 there is an advanced tab under the smtp service. One of the values that can be set there is max processes. Is this the same thing? Thanks, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] declude queue / imail spool problems? > > >I am having some trouble with my mail server. About once a week, I find my > >spool folder overflowing. There are usually only about 200 files in that > >folder, but when this weird thing happens, there are 5000+ in both the spool > >and in the overflow folder. > > If there are lots of D*.SMD files in the spool directory, and lots of > Q*.SMD files in the overflow directory, then IMail reached its maximum > capacity and Declude Queue took over. Without Declude Queue, you would > have seen all those files in the spool directory, and they would get sent > out more slowly. > > >If I move all the files from the overflow back into the spool, they clear > >out pretty quickly, but more keep showing up in the overflow at a rate of > >about 100 per few minutes. > > > >What could be causing this? Where do I start to try to figure it out. > >There is nothing unusual in the imail log and there is nothing about queue > >in any of the logs. > > If you run regedit, what is the entry at > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMTPD32\Parameters\MaxQ ueProc > set to? That controls how many processes can be running at once. If your > server is capable, you could try increasing that value. > > Specifically, Declude Queue will start moving those files to the overflow > directory when the maximum number of processes is reached (at which point > IMail would normally keep the file in the queue, and not even attempt to > deliver it until the next queue run, typically 20-30 minutes later). > > What you really need to do is find out *why* so much E-mail is being > sent/received; in many cases, it is a spammer or other undesirable (such as > a mail loop). > -Scott > > --- > [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". You can E-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web > site at http://www.declude.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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
