Are these happening to the same clients? Or random users? John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail Server attachment corruption problem > > I have been able to narrow down the point where the corruption occurs. > > All the messages that arrive at the Imail Server, arrive with the > attachments intact without corruption. From the Imail server I am able to > forward them to an external mail server (earthlink) then retrieve from > Earlthink with POP3. These all test AOK. So all functioning of SMTP is > AOK. > > Corruption problem only happens at one point... A clean copy residing on > the Imail server that is then retrieved by POP3. In this process is where > 1/4 of the images receive various levels of corruption. > > The computer used to receive has been tested ok with receivng other pop3 > messages, as well as a test on an alternate computer to retrieve POP3 from > IMAIL and the corruption follows the retrieval. > > I also tried upgrading the 8.0 to the latest rev level of IMAIL and it > made > no difference. > > Basically, POP3 retrievel of messages from an IMAIL server is the ppoint > of > corruption. > > All these other tests also confirm that memory is not an issue as it only > occurs with one specific action, Which is consistantly repeatable. > > Any other ideas??? > > Thanks > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail Server attachment corruption problem > > > Sever has a 1gb of ECC (error correcting ram) and has also had memory test > run against it and it all checks out. > > No other applications on the server, such as Oracle, sqlserver or IIS have > any problems. > > I wish it was as easy as changing the memory. :-( > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Server attachment corruption problem > > > > >i am evaluating Imail Server V8.0 Functionaly it seems to be work fine > >on > >all the test which I have run, except one. > > > >Aprox 25% of all JPG attachments to emails are becoming corrupted when > >they pass thru the Imail Server. the text of the emails itself always > >appears fine. > > > >Anyone else encounter this? Is there a patch? > > The only times I can recall having seen attachments corrupted from passing > through an IMail server are when either [1] there is corrupt memory on the > server, or [2] a header/footer is being added to an E-mail with a missing > body and obscure encoding method. > > #2 almost certainly isn't the case (that is very, very rare, and would > normally happen to 100% of the E-mail passing through the server from the > same mail client). So I would check the RAM as the first step. > > Note that IMail (nor any IMail addons, as far as I know) will not alter > attachments in any way. > > -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/
