It has been stated by Scott and others that it is best to stop all Imail services then shutdown. That is the procedure I know use.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Bramble > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 6:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Messages not scanned before > shutdown...possible solution > > I was worried when I saw another message come through last night without > Declude headers in it considering that the queue issue has only been > fixed in IMail 8.05 and not 7.15H3 which is what I'm using (and I don't > yet care to upgrade, though I'm starting to get tempted with that fix). > > What happened this time is when my server was in the process of a > shutdown, and the message that got through had the same exact time stamp > on it as Event Viewer logged itself being stopped, and 4 seconds before > the last IMail log entry. I'm assuming that as a part of shutdown, > IMail must have executed some process that pushed this stuff out, or > maybe it never got pushed to Declude and sat in the queue until after > the server came back up, effectively bypassing Declude. This is a > little worrisome considering that there were two other messages received > in the few seconds after that one was passed, and I only get about 5,000 > a day. I'm thinking that maybe this needs to be corrected in IMail > similar to the queue processing behavior. While I'm still under the > belief that the queue processing problem should only be seen about once > a year on average, my server gets rebooted far more frequently than > that. I wonder if shutting down IMail before a reboot would resolve > this issue? A snippet of the log is below. > > I'm also wondering if maybe I could set something fancy up with IMail > rules to check for the Declude headers and reprocess the message if > missing. I have a feeling that I would need to create a program alias > to handle something like this, and then redirect it through something > like MS SMTP with IPBYPASS on for both server addresses? Or maybe I > could just call SMTP32.exe or Declude.exe directly from the program > alias (which gets passed a file name of the received E-mail, though I > don't know that it's ready to be sent in a single file format. Anyone > have any thoughts on this? This would probably be a good tool for all > IMail users regardless of the version so that such issues are stopped, > and it would resolve the queue issue on v7 despite no patch being > available. > > Matt > > > 20031220 044132 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (000A0016) [66.183.6.10] HELO > d66-183-6-10.bchsia.telus.net <-- This is the one that got through if > not others. > 20031220 044133 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (000A0016) [66.183.6.10] MAIL > FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044133 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (033B01CA) [67.161.143.190] HELO > c-67-161-143-190.client.comcast.net > 20031220 044133 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (033B01CA) [67.161.143.190] MAIL > FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044133 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (000A0016) [66.183.6.10] RCPT TO: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044134 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (033B01CA) [67.161.143.190] RCPT > TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044135 127.0.0.1 SMTP (3316) processing > E:\spool\Q1936000600161a3b.SMD > 20031220 044135 127.0.0.1 SMTP (3316) ldeliver ******.com > bpettit-main (1) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 40545 > 20031220 044135 127.0.0.1 SMTP (3316) finished > E:\spool\Q1936000600161a3b.SMD status=1 > 20031220 044135 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (033B01CA) [67.161.143.190] > E:\spool\D194d033b01ca7490.SMD 1805 > 20031220 044136 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (000A0016) [66.183.6.10] > E:\spool\D194d000a00167396.SMD 1577 > 20031220 044136 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0002008C) [208.7.179.59] connect > 204.127.131.126 port 63674 > 20031220 044136 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0002008C) [204.127.131.126] EHLO > mtiwgwc16.worldnet.att.net > 20031220 044136 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0002008C) [204.127.131.126] MAIL > FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044136 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0002008C) [204.127.131.126] RCPT > TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 20031220 044137 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0002008C) [204.127.131.126] > E:\spool\D19500002008c81b0.SMD 3383 > SYSLOGD 7.15, Copyright C 1994-2001, Ipswitch, Inc. > 20031220 044427 0.0.0.0:514 Server ready for action > > > --- > [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.
