Lately on this list the upgrade to 8 seems to either enhance a problem or find them. I think Rick ran into some problems after his upgrade just last week. He was going to try and go back to 7.x, but I am not sure what happened there.
Travis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Katie La > Salle-Lowery > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 8:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] POP errors > > > Running 7.13 > > We've been experiencing POP problems for about a week and a half. > Clients report > "POP 3 server has not responded in 60 seconds," "unexpectedly > disconnected from mail server," "unable to find mailserver," etc. > > I've monitored cpu and memory usage off and on. I would estimate cpu > usage to average about 40% during some survey times, 60-70% during other > monitoring occasions. It gets as low as 2% (for a second or three) and > as high as 100% (for just a couple seconds--five seconds was the longest > I have seen it stay at 100%). When cpu usage is high, either > POP3d32.exe or SMTPd32.exe are the big users with multiple instances of > both and one instance or either using as much as 66% at times. > > I have one customer with his own host that is temporarily monitoring his > employees' emails. I've had a "catch all mails" in place to get his > employees' emails to him for about two months or so. I would love to > terminate that and will make the most of any excuse and have already > started to work that angle. > > Anyone with excellent recall might remember I was having problems with > smtp32.exe using a great deal of cpu time and stopping when it couldn't > get more a few weeks ago. On the advice of list members, I cleaned my > spool to remove a "zombied" message. That took care of my smpt problem. > My pop problem started about a week or so later. > > I would like to upgrade to 8 as a "reinstallation" type of solution. My > boss has concerns about that plan (based on his experience of what can > happen when you upgrade an certain OS's or software and with a problem > and having the problem snowball). I understand his concern but can't > say I share it with regard to Imail. > > I have two questions: > > 1) Anyone have a solution or suggestions for the POP problem? He'll > let me upgrade after I fix. > 2) Can anyone tell me if the upgrade to 8 replaces all program files? > If it replaces all program files then I might be able to persuade him to > let me upgrade. > > Of course, I am open to any other suggestions. > > Thanks, > Katie > > > > > > 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/
