Craig,
Sounds like a 'lock' conflict. When IMail is using files, it locks them so
other modifications cannot be made until the lock is removed. So does your
backup system. Tell your backup system to 'try later' or 'skip open files',
the locked files and it should be better. Why does it work, sometimes?
Because the locks are not always present, or are there at different times,
so the conflict does not occur.
Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Gittens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "IMail_Forum@list. ipswitch. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Backup & SMTP
> Hey guys,
>
> Have any of you come across the problem when backing up that SMTP stops
> responding? I try backing up about 10GB of user directories and SMTP stops
> responding. I stop/start it and its ok for a few minutes. It only happens
> when it gets to 7GB or so. I am using NTBackup under NT4 SP5, Imail 6.05.
> There is about 70 % RAM free and processor is at 10%, less than 1% going
to
> NTBackup. ??
>
> The funny thing is, if I backup another drive across the network to that
> machine, it works like a dream. Is there a contest going on between
NTBackup
> and IMAIL for the user data? Why so inconsistent? (it works every so
often).
>
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Craig
>
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