I've had this problem. I've seen enough frequency of this problem being posted to the list (and I don't mean that as a complaint) that I wonder if Ipswitch might be working on something to prevent such occurences.
~Katie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Shanbrom (Ipswitch) Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] loads of mail in spool This is usually caused by corruption somewhere...Move this user's files out of their directory, delete/re-create the user (make sure you have password before deleting as it is stored in the registry) then move files back...If the indication is still there (file systems shows one size and Imail shows major difference in size) Move files out and bring back on named groups (main.mbx, main.uid,.main.srt, etc.) until you find the corrupted file....I would shut down either the SMTP or Queue manager server so mailboxes don't get duplicated with new mail as you move them around... Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Hiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] loads of mail in spool Thanks for the info. Now that I know what's going on, we can take a course of action to find out where it may be coming from and put a stop to it. Does anyone have any suggestions about my other issue? I have several users whose mailboxes are growing in size every time they logon. The actual main.mbx file is small (i.e. 55 KB), but in IMail Admin it shows it as being 29.8 MB. They next they login it is 31.1 MB, etc., etc. you get the picture. This puts them way over the allotment they are give and they cannot receive any more mail. The average growth per login is about 1.3 MB. Does anyone know why this is happening? Why would their mailbox be so grossly misrepresented and how can I fix this? I have already experimented with a few things by duplicating a problem account and playing around Even if I put in a empty mailbox file, the indicator still shows the overblown amount. I am getting more reports of this by the minute. Anyone have any insight into this? Thanks. Ron -----Original Message----- From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 28, 2003 2:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] loads of mail in spool >A new discovery. I have gone through the SMTP logs and there are many >occurrances of invalid addresses. The odd thing is that they all >contain our domain, but here is the funny thing. The usernames all >appear to be either first names, last names concatinations of the two >or misspelled usernames of people who exist on either our IMail server >or our Exchange server. Could there be a virus at work here or some >kind of attack? It all seems very weird. That's called a dictionary attack, and is very, very common these days. It is used by spammers to find addresses on your domain to spam. -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. --- [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/
