Why not using something like Len's IMGATE to do this work I think it will
handle what you want a lot better than I mail.
I have our IMGATE doing all the mail handling outbound for one of our Imail
servers and it works great. It's taken a big load off the machine in question.
Try looking at this. You can use it inbound or outbound so ? If you have
questions, give Len a message.
http://imgate.meiway.com
Gerry
At 08:44 PM 10/22/2000 -0400, Steven Plautz wrote:
>This is because there's alot of dictionary spamming going on right now.
>They send millions of emails to your server to every common username there
>is hoping to get as many hits as possible. If your server isn't setup to
>reject the incoming mail immediately due to bad username, it will accept it
>and must process it. This is what's causing the buildup. To make things
>worse, your smtp32.exe processes will build up too if it can't get through
>all 10000+ messages within the queue timer setting. IPSwitch should put a
>hard limit on the number of smtp32.exe processes that can be in memory at
>once since this is the most common cause of server crashes for us. Wish
>there was a easy solution for you, but I can't really think of one unless
>you can filter the spam based on subject line or IP.
>
>Steven Plautz
>System Administrator of ISP Operations
>Picus - Sybercom
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Santeramo
>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:52 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [IMail Forum] server keeps spooling
>
>
>I can't seem to get the spool down on my new Imail
>server. the spool is now over 11,000 messages. I am
>using the imail server as a redirect gateway. the
>queue timer is set to 30 minutes and the number of
>retries is set to 20. the server is simply acting as
>a relay host. any suggestions?
>
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