Process Explorer, now a Microsoft product since they bought 
Sysinternals/Winternals, is a better utility.  Very helpful with a great search 
function.  After stopping all Imail processes and services, search for "Imail", 
and any process that has a file open in the Imail folder or a subfolder will be 
found.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Direct to the download:

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip

If you still have trouble finding the answer, reboot in Safe Mode.  That should 
release the file.

Doug Traylor


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Imail Admin 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Scan for bad emails


  Last I knew, it was a free download.  Try doing a google on filemon.exe or go 
to Sysinternal's web site.

  Ben

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Kathy Lees 
    To: [email protected] 
    Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:10 PM
    Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Scan for bad emails


    Is that a program you buy or where do I find it?
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: tnichols 
      To: [email protected] 
      Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 3:03 PM
      Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Scan for bad emails


      You will need to find out what is locking the file and stop that process. 
Then you will be able to delete the file.

      Tool like sysinternal's filemon would be able to tell you what has your 
file locked

       

       

      Ted Nichols

      Ipswitch Messaging QA


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      From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Lees
      Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:55 PM
      To: [email protected]
      Subject: [IMail Forum] Scan for bad emails

       

      We have an email in our spool directory that is about a week old. When I 
try and delete it, it says it is being used by another system and won't delete. 
Since this has shown up, our system doesnt' start up correctly and the research 
I did on Microsoft says it could be a bad email holding up the system. Is this 
possible? If so, how do you get rid of it?

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