I'm just thinking that perhaps if the number of processes smtp is
allowed to run is increased from the default, this may help things.
I'm a little worried as I just upgraded to 5.05 from 4.07 on three
systems and am dissappointed that workarounds like the batch file
below are necessary for the proper operation of things. Our systems
are not nearly in the serveral thousands of users, so I'm hoping that
this problem can be fixed by adding to the smtp processes allowed...
Has everyone that has found this problem tried upping the smtp
processes?
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: Reggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 5.05 Dies
> I have been waiting a long time for a fix for this. The only
solution I
> found, especially when you have more than 20k + mail boxes is
upgrade the
> server using a quad processor.
>
> Keith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vaughn Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 5.05 Dies
>
>
> >Don't try this at home! Web Messaging goes to 100% processor
utilization
> >and this kills the webmsg... phone rings, customer yells, you say
try
> >again... web msg goes to 100% ...
> >
> >:-0
> >
> >-V
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Gaudin Marius (Softec) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 10:08 AM
> >Subject: AW: [IMail Forum] IMail 5.05 Dies
> >
> >
> >Jeff,
> >
> >That's a known problem, caused by the iwebmsg service going to
100%. It
> >happens to our mail server about once a month or so. We (and some
other
> list
> >members) are using a workaround similar to this:
> >
> >Use NT Performance Monitor to define an Alert "if %Processor Time
of
> Process
> >iwebmsg.exe is over 90%, then run the batchfile kill_iwm.cmd".
> >
> >The batchfile kill_iwm.cmd looks as follows:
> >
> >rem -------------- Begin of Listing
> >
> >@echo off
> >rem --- Change to utility path, Save actual path
> >pushd c:\batch
> >rem --- Kill process (kill.exe is a utility)
> >kill iwebmsg.exe
> >rem --- Restart IMail Web Service
> >net stop "IMail Web Service" /y
> >net start "IMail Web Service" /y
> >rem --- Write incident date and time to logfile (tm.exe is a
utility)
> >tm /l >> alert-iw.log
> >echo. >> alert-iw.log
> >rem --- Restore path
> >popd
> >
> >rem -------------- End of Listing
> >
> >Then, save the alert definition into a .pma file and run this file
from the
> >startup group of your mail server. Of course, this tool has to run
in
> >foreground, which means you need to define an autologin if you want
it all
> >automatized.
> >
> >We're still using Imail 4.07. We bought the 5.0 version, but it is
still
> >waiting on the shelves until this error is fixed (perhaps with
release
> 5.07?
> >;-).
> >
> >Good luck, Marius
> >
> >-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: Jeff Madison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Gesendet am: Freitag, 2. Juli 1999 01:41
> >An: Imail_List
> >Betreff: [IMail Forum] IMail 5.05 Dies
> >
> >We have been fighting an issue for several days now with IMail
5.05. It
> >runs fine for several hours and then the processor on the system
goes to
> >100% and the SMTP service dies. The most bizarre thing about this
problem
> >is that we ran on 5.05 for almost a week with out any issues and
now we
> >can't run for more than 2 or 3 hours. I've investigated every
possible
> >cause I can think of from spammers to hackers but can't find aby
evidence
> of
> >abuse on the system. We made no configuration changes to the
system
> either.
> >We've run 4.0x for a long time and like the product but this is
killing us.
> >If anyone has had any similar experience or advice please feel free
to
> >reply. The process that most often runs out of control and kills
the
> >processor is the web messaging but some times SMTP just dies. The
system
> >is a dual PII 300 with 512MB of RAM and a 54GB hardware RAID array.
There
> >are currently around 40,000 mailboxes on the system. Any
suggestions
> would
> >be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Jeff Madison
> >Chief Technology Officer
> >SISNA, Inc
> >(801)924-0900 x 101
> >http://www.sisna.com
> >
> >
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