Have you checked the items I suggested? Just checked, and my number of SMTP processes is set to 20. (Do not remember if that is default or not.)
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris McElroy > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE:[2] [IMail Forum] Imail Gateway Woes, Suggestions Needed > > On gateway servers, what do most people set there Maximum SMTP Processes > to? > Or do you just leave them default? I am not suggesting this as a fix or > solution just curious? > > > > > Thanks, > > > Kris McElroy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chief Technology Officer > Duracom, INC. > www.duracom.net > > "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how > to > do it." > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Gateway Woes, Suggestions Needed > > > > >I know that this indicates a serious problem. > > Yes, when you have thousands of E-mails backing up, it is a serious > problem. > > The first step is to determine your daily volume of mail. Are these > servers handling thousands of E-mails per day or hundreds of > thousands? That will help determine whether the backup is expected (in > which case you can work on ways to increase the load the server can > handle), or whether there is a problem that needs to be solved (such as > DNS > issues). If your server received 100,000 E-mails yesterday with no > problems and today it received 105,000 E-mails with huge backlogs, > something probably happened between yesterday and today that caused the > problem. > > Then, you need to check your log files. For example, if every 4th or 10th > log file entry is an error message, well, that's important. You'd be > surprised how many people overlook such things. > > Then, take a look at the server resources. Is the CPU usage at 100%? If > so, what program(s) are using the high CPU usage? > > -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/
