I have the server set up to only accept relay from a
specific set of IP addresses. The queue is now down
to 800. Much better than 11,000+. One of the
problems is the developers of the web apps never trap
for bad email addresses. They permit the continual
sending of msgs that are bounced for either bad
address or bad username. I am gong to have them start
to trap for these messages.
thanks
--- Gerry Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >-----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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