> Any ideas on why Imail does not start more SMTP processes ( it is set
> for a maximum of 50)?
The key is that IMail only starts the SMTP processes when either an E-mail comes in,
or it's time for a queue run (typically 20-30 minutes, based on your SMTP settings).
That works well when mail comes in; you won't have 50 separate incoming E-mails at the
same time unless you are a really busy system.
However, during a queue run, only 1 SMTP process is started. It looks at the queue,
finds the first E-mail, and sends it. Once that is done, it looks for the next one,
and so forth, until the queue is empty. If there are 500 E-mails in the queue waiting
to go out, that 1 SMTP process will go through them one at a time.
When you click the "Send All" button, it doesn't immediately attempt to send all the
E-mails. It just starts a new SMTP process that does the same thing as during a queue
run.
To clear the queue faster, you need to click the "Send All" button a bunch of times.
Click it 20 times, and you'll have 20 SMTP processes working on clearing the queue.
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-Scott
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