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
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