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This contains a batch file that will search for
running services, stop them,
then restart them. It only restarts the
services that were running at
runtime.
Comes in handy for any service that appears to need
a restart quickly.
Requires the NTReskit or some of the utilities from
it to work.
Dusty
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 9:48
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Strange
problem
There must be a process that gets stuck. The NT
resource kit has a utility called Kill.exe that can kill processes that were
started as services. That could be used to clean house and
restart. I think Dusty Carden has posted a batch here in the past to
automate that... Could at least save you a full reboot.
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:56
PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Strange
problem
Thanks for your input. I can ping
mail.whatever.com when this occurs, that is what is so strange. Imail
still receives outside mail, it's just that it doesn't get all the way to
the users mailbox until I physically restart the machine.
-John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:22
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Strange
problem
No. Not an auto load feature.
Guess you can try to test it via a DOS box (ping www.somerealdomain.com) when you
are affected as that would call the same resolver process. If that
works then ignore all of my brilliant ideas as they would then seem to be
rubbish in your situation.
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:02
PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Strange
problem
I am using another machine for DNS. I don't
remember setting up MS DNS on the NT machine....is this done
automatically?
-John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 10:34
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Strange problem
NT's resolver service does become entwined with the
MS DNS as soon as it (MS DNS) is installed. MS DNS pre SP4 was
roller coaster rubbish and pre SP5 was at best a square wheel.
SP5 resolves a lot of the issues with MS DNS. I mention all of
this because I have seen similar circumstances with other NT based
mail servers and IP based apps as well (first hand). The culprit
almost always being the MS DNS server (even if not being used to
resolve names). Even if you are pointing at a remote DNS server
in IMAIL, you still use the local resolver service to get to
them... Could be other things, but I have seen this enough that
I think it is worth checking out. SP4 and 5 both updated the
Name resolver components.
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999
11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Strange problem
I had the problem and DNS was running
on a different machine. I could start and stop the mail server
and that wouldnt fix it only restarting the machine would. Because
of that I could see how it could be a problem with something
else. Just not the DNS for me.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999
10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Strange problem
Are you running DNS on the same machine?
if so check that it is not a problem with DNS being dead and so
outbound names suddenly become unresolvable... Next time it
happens try restarting DNS only, then process Queue on IMAIL as a
test. Rebooting may be fixing your "weakling" NT DNS service
and IMAIL gets the blame.
:)
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999
10:28 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum]
Strange problem
I am having a strange problem with imail
5.0. About every week or so imail stops sending and
receiving mail. It's like it holds all the mail in
queue and I have to restart the machine to get it to
release. It doesn't lose any messages, it just stops doing
it's thing until I restart then it works for about a week then
does it again. Anyone every heard of this?
-John
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