Try removing the rules and lines to the kill files, reboot the machine and
see what happens over the next couple of days. If it returns to a normal
operating condition then you have your answer.
Rosen Johnson
At 10:07 AM 7/25/00 -0500, Ralph Williams wrote:
>We use a dual P11 300 w/256K memory, Intel 10/100 network board for our
>primary mail server. The machine is for mail only and no other programs are
>running on it. We monitor all of our equipment with IPSwitch's What's Up
>Gold and on the mail server it is monitoring services POP3, SMTP, HTTP and
>IMAP.
>
>Since Saturday, SMTP has been bouncing up and down seven or eight times an
>hour. What's up polls ever 60 seconds, and usually, SMTP comes back up
>before the next poll, but not always. Frequently, all services will shut
>down, and come back up within 60 seconds. The processor does not show any
>particular increase in use during these times.
>
>Our load has not increased. Logs show the same amount of mail, 28,000 to
>35,000 msgs per day depending on the day of the week as it has always been.
>The ONLY thing I have done (last Friday) is add some rules to the rules.ima
>and some lines in the kill file. I don't think that would cause SMTP to go
>down.
>
>Any ideas why SMTP and other services started shutting down or have I just
>out grown the size of my mail server?
>
>Ralph Williams
>http://www.wcnet.net
>979-543-9111 or 800-569-3464
>
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