There is a limit to the number of SMTP processes that can be started. This
defaults to 30 but can be adjusted to whatever you think your machine can
handle with a registry edit (documented in the KB).
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Plautz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 8:44 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] server keeps spooling
> 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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