That was my guess also since it started about the sametime I did an
upgrade to their product.  *sigh*  That is why I am on hold with their
support waiting...and waiting...and waiting.  Love the product but they
need to get some more people in their tech support department.

- Matt


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:31 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Email delay problem
> 
> 
> My guess is that it's a problem with the surf control box's 
> SMTP setup. It
> sounds like it isn't playing very well, or that it just can't 
> keep up with
> the Exchange boxes rate of delivery.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> Inovis Inc.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bailey, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:30 PM
> > To: Exchange Discussions
> > Subject: Email delay problem
> > 
> > 
> > Here is my setup:
> > 
> > 2 Exchange 2000 SP3 servers that send outbound e-mail via an 
> > SMTP relay (SurfControl SMTP E-Mail Filter).
> > 
> > The Internet Mail Connector is setup to forward all outbound 
> > e-mail to the SMTP relay server.
> > 
> > I am seeing messages with large attachements (1MB and larger) 
> > slow down delivery of outbound e-mail.  I can watch these 
> > messages enter the IMC SMTP queue and virtually block other 
> > messages from being delivered. After 5 minutes or so, all the 
> > messages get move to an Undeliverable SMTP queue.  The 
> > process repeats itself in about a 10 minutes cycle. During 
> > the cycle a few messages manage to slip out. 
> > 
> > The marketing department uses e-mail to deliver radio spots 
> > (mp3 files) to radio stations and are reporting that it takes 
> > 12 hours or longer for some recepiants to receive the 
> > e-mails.  (I know there are better ways to transfer large 
> > attachments but I lost that battle)
> > 
> > Any suggestions on how to optimize the connection or what may 
> > be causing my problem?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > - Matt
> > 
> > 
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