Or as another option use win resource kit cmd line tool kill.exe or rkill.exe
Chris Mead Systems Administrator, MCSE+I TEKgroup International Inc. www.tekgroup.com Fort Lauderdale, FL 954-351-5554 ext.115 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Dodd Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] server constant at 100% cpu R.e. the multiple processes, you can try killing the process using pskill - downloadable from http://www.sysinternals.com; we've found that this is a very efficient method of killing out-of-control processes. Regards, Simon Dodd Technical Support Engineer, Griffin Information Systems -----Original Message----- From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 June 2003 14:54 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/ 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/
