>Oh...I wish! :-) > >I did use ispcln.exe and specified to remove all files and logs older than 1 >day. > >But it still left some 20k files.
hmmm >And I still had more than 1 smtp32.exe >file running in my task manager. that is not the problem, you want more than one running, as each works on a different msg in the queue. >So I moved all the Spool files to another folder but unfortunately not all >files could be copied, as some were still in use. just stop imail completely, and the files will be unlocked, in theory. >So then I went to the IMail Administrator and REMOVED ALL from the queue - >which left only 1 file. But after 10 minutes it had multiplied to over 500! >Is this normal?! it depends on your total msg traffic. 144 x 500 = 72k msgs/day. is that your normal load? has someone hijacked your Imail server for spamming? smtp security tab: relay for addresses or no relay. >I really am very inexperienced with Imail but I'm sure it must be just the >one corrupt file I need to get rid of... or you are hijacked. >Is there a sure way to delete all the files in the spool? Or should I just >reinstall Imail? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. don't ever delete valid mail, move to the another directory, but don't delete it. look in your imail log file to see the MAIL FROM and RCTP TO and the ip addresses being connected from, to see if you are hijacked as an open relay. Len Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
