My mistake. 6000 domains. That's a lot of registry info. I wonder if external datasource would be better.
Regards, David Gregg dgSoft Internet Services Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure solutions. (949) 584-1514 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Waheed Malek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Iwebmsg hogs the cpu (100% usage) > Devid, > If you followed the problem from the start, you will find that I mentioned that I have more than 6000 domains. Please see below in the same message. > > Thanks > > Waheed Malek > > David Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean number of domains? How many? Many of us have 100s or more > running fine. > > Regards, > > David Gregg > dgSoft Internet Services > Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure > solutions. > (949) 584-1514 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Waheed Malek" > To: > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:42 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Iwebmsg hogs the cpu (100% usage) > > > > I think I have caught the problem! It's the number of domains. > > I have removed almost all the domains from IMail (using the registery) and > I found that every thing is ok. When I returned all the domains again, the > problem came back. > > > > I'm thinking of a solution which is creating the sub domains as host > aliases for one domain (example: xyz.mycommail.com is an alias for > mycommail.com not a new domain) to minimize the number of domains, But this > has 2 problems: > > > > The first is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be actually [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and this will prevent [EMAIL PROTECTED] from being created. > > > > The second: When sending from [EMAIL PROTECTED] it will send as > [EMAIL PROTECTED], this means when you receive a message from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will see the sender is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > Any comments? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Waheed Malek > > > > > > Len Conrad wrote: > > > > >- My company has decided to offer the clients the ability to create their > > >own domains. These domains are not real domains, but subdomains from our > > >real domains. > > >Example: we have the domain mycommail.com, and I give them the ability to > > >create the domain xyz.mycommail.com, and then create their email accounts > > >on this domain, for example : > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >- This offer has increased the number of domains on my mail server with > > >about 6000 domains in 15 days. > > > > you very probably have shot yourself in the foot, as I expect the > increased > > disk space for 6000 directories and traffic will push your hardware past > > comfort, unless you follow the most rigorous tuning and maintenance (disk > > allocation and defragging, stale file removal, etc) > > > > >- In this offer also we offer the mailbox for 50 MB, and attchment size 3 > MB. > > >- I have found today that some users has reached their maximum mail box > > >size in this short period. > > > > webmail mailbox files > > > > >What I have Done: > > >- I have deleted all the email accounts that have mail box size greater > > >than 20 MB > > >- I have defragted my hard drive. > > > > you don't defrag a hard drive, you defrag partitions. the partitions that > > most need defragging: imail queue directory, all the mailbox storage. > > > > you also need to remove stale files from the imail queue dir. > > > > all of these points have been covered here repeatedly since you have been > > this list. > > > > Len > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training : London; San Jose; Chicago > > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites > > > > > > 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/ > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > > 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/ > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now 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/
