Hi, Update: A little while later the problem returned. I have now downgraded Declude from 1.70i1 to 1.65, the last release version. So far so good after the latest reboot. We'll see if it stays this way but I'm hopefull.
Met vriendelijke groet, Bonno Bloksma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonno Bloksma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] server constant at 100% cpu--me, too! > Hi, > > [....] > > Pending more responses I'm going to try isplcln again. If that works > > for me, I'll let you know, Bonno. If it doesn't, I'm going to try Len's > > suggestion for cleaning out the spool manually. > > For me the second reboot, when the spool was empty, did it. Of course with > the low volume, we process 2k-3k messages a day, it is easy for me to get an > empty spool directory. Funny thing is, I did *not* move any messages out of > the spool directory, so it seems it was a message that got delivered but at > the same time created those zombie processes. :-( > > > > > Thanks, > > Katie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad > > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:54 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] server constant at 100% cpu > > > > > > > > >I currently have some problems with my IMail 7.0x server where I have > > >multiple smtp32.exe processes running which max out the server at 100%. > > > > >Problem is > > >1) I can not stop these processes, stopping the SMTP service from > > >within Imail won't stop these extra smtp32 processes running, not even > > >after several minutes. > > > > sounds like you have, or had, a "killer message" in the queue. These > > msgs > > cause the SMTP client/delivery processes to become unkillable zombie > > processes. The best way to recover is re-boot the machine. > > > > >2) I currently have Declude as smtp32 and the IMail smtp32 engine as > > >ISmtp32, using the daisychain option to have declude call ISmtp32. > > >Trying to get back to the "normal" situation via a "copy ISmtp32.exe > > >smtp32.exe" does not work because the smtp32.exe file is locked. > > > > The problem is not a corrupted SMTP32.exe. The problem is vulnerable > > SMTP32.exe. > > > > > Restarting the entire Windows 2000 server last night did not help. > > :-( > > > > Well, it does, but "something" in the queue survives the reboot and the > > STMP processes get zombied again. > > > > "move" to entire spool/ to spool/save, and re-boot. New mail should > > flow > > normally with no SMTP zombies. Then copy msgs from spool/save/ in > > groups > > until you find the killer file. > > > > Len > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: New York; Seattle; Chicago > > IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free > > > > > > 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/ > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus using f-prot] > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus using f-prot] > > > 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/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus using f-prot] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus using f-prot] 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/
