Eric, How would I set my page file to 3X Ram?
Thanks, Denise On 3/23/2003 8:48 PM, "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mumbled: > Set your page file to 3X Ram and see if that does anything. I doubt it is > set to that if you used the default setup > > Eric S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wolf Tombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Slow Web Messaging - Corrupt MBX Files? > > >> Dave, >> >> You are not alone. Although the slowness I'm experiencing in Webmail is > not as >> acute as the one you are experiencing I too am having a similar problem. > I had >> been running an eval version of iMail 7.13 and Webmail just screamed. > Then, I >> made the leap and bought iMail. Before installing the "real version" I > went ahead >> and rebuilt the server so it is a clean install of the OS with all the > latest >> service patches and no "dead wood" from any previous applications. I > installed >> iMail 7.14 and Webmail and now find that Webmail takes significantly > longer to >> login to and access an inbox (even an empty one) and also takes > significantly >> longer to open any message in a folder. I don't know what the problem > might be as >> this is a high powered server with a lot of RAM and iMail is the only > thing >> running on the box at present. >> >> I'm cutting my customer base over to iMail this weekend. Fortunately, > most of my >> users don't use Webmail. Still it is distressing to see how slow it is > when the >> eval version was so fast! >> >> Wolf >> >> Dave Parfrey wrote: >> >>> Scott, >>> >>> The mailbox was 50MB. After we finished recreating the mailbox, we > deleted >>> the new index and then opened it. IMail recreated the index in a second > or >>> so. I've also seen Imail index a dozen or so mailboxes within a couple > of >>> seconds (on the old, slow machine.) We are sometimes able to fix speed >>> issues by deleting all the indexes for a user and letting IMail recreate > them. >>> >>> There's something definitely wrong with that mailbox. Recreating the > index >>> doesn't solve the speed problems, going to each page of messages causes >>> another 5 minute wait. >>> >>> As long as I've been (mostly) lurking on this list, I've never seen > anyone >>> mention a utility to fix or recreate a mailbox. Does one exist? >>> >>> Thanks - Dave >>> >>> At 03:49 PM 3/21/2003, you wrote: >>> >>>>> Since we're going to be moving to a beefier server soon (we're adding >>>>> another several thousand users), I have a brand new, currently unused, >>>>> server to play with. I created a test domain and user, and dumped the >>>>> main.mbx file into it. It took about 5 minutes to display the first > page >>>>> of messages! There were 200 messages in the mailbox, and it's an > unused >>>>> dual-proc 2.5 gHz Xeon server. During this time, the CPU's were > "pegged" >>>>> at 50%. Obviously, something's wrong. >>>> >>>> Actually, it may be that nothing is wrong. >>>> >>>> You took a mailbox with 200 messages (1MB? 20MB?), and IMail needed to >>>> index it, since you didn't copy the index file over. 5 minutes does > seem >>>> excessive, though. >>>> >>>>> I then created a new mailbox, copied the messages over (with Web >>>>> Messaging), deleted the old file, and renamed the new file back to >>>>> main.mbx. This time, the message display was instantaneous. >>>> >>>> That's because copying over the new files, IMail automatically updated > the >>>> index. >>>> >>>>> Does anyone know what's happening? Is there a utility available to fix >>>>> problem mailboxes? We've occasionally had weird problems with > mailboxes >>>>> in the past, but nothing like this. >>>> >>>> Most likely, the problem is simply the index creation (which may take >>>> longer when dealing with a .mbx file with no index, since IMail has to >>>> assume something is wrong if the index file isn't there). >>>> >>>> -Scott >>>> --- >>>> Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail > mailservers. >>>> Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with > no >>>> annual licensing fees. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >>>> (http://www.declude.com)] >>>> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>>> List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>> List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
