This sounds like it's right on the ball. If there is SPAM in your outbound queues, then you are being used as a SPAM relay, which is something you should REALLY avoid at all costs.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:23 PM > Posted To: Exchange > Conversation: Exch5.5 - IMC (port 25) going down every > morning (for past 3 week s) > Subject: Re: Exch5.5 - IMC (port 25) going down every morning > (for past 3 week s) > > > Perhaps you should close your machine against relay. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shawn Connelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:19 PM > Subject: Exch5.5 - IMC (port 25) going down every morning > (for past 3 week > s) > > > > I am wondering if you have the same problem I am experiencing. > > > > Are you using Exchange 5.5? > > > > For the past 3 weeks, my IMC has been going down (port 25 > down) every > > morning around 4am. In the out box, I'll always find about > 10 or so > > SPAM messages. Most of the time I can stop / start IMC and port 25 > > will come back alive, however, occasionally the stop / start method > > doesn't work. I have found it necessary to clear out the > SPAM first. > > > > Anyone else experience this. Previously, this problem would occur > > about once in every five months but now it's every single day!! > > > > Shawn > > > > P.S. You can stop and start IMC in a batch file with the following > command: > > net stop MSExchangeIMC > > net start MSExchangeIMC > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > - > > Shawn Connelly, Network Engineer. Dipix Technologies Inc. > > 613-596-4942 x177 or dial extension 0 to page me. > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > We are market leaders in 2D/3D digital vision systems for > inspection > > of > fast > > moving products. See our web page at: www.dipix.com. > > General sales inquires: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For microscopic image analysis see www.maztech.com! > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Subject: How to resend stuck messages in IMC > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Eve=20Jimah?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:13:52 +0000 (GMT) > > X-Message-Number: 8 > > > > MTA stops intermetently, after re starting the service noticed that > > mails are stuck in the IN out OUT folder of the IMC. Each > folder size > > is over 5gb. In view of the size of the mails I do not want > to delete > > the content of these folder. > > > > My question now is how to resend these messages. > > My server is an NT4 box with exchange 5.5 service pack > > 3 > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

