Bingo. Is this server process a high volume? Try clearing the cache and watch the spool\overflow.
Is the CPU low when the \overflow is filing up? Does it jump when you clear the cache? 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 30, 2004 12:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE:[2] [IMail Forum] New Gateway Setup > > The DNS server is located on this box, it is MS DNS and is ONLY used by > this > mailserver for recursion only. I even cleard the cache before I changed > the > SMTP Processes. > > > > Thanks, > > > Kris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > (Lists) > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 2:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] New Gateway Setup > > > 1. Check DNS > 2. Check DNS > 3. Check DNS > > 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 30, 2004 12:05 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] New Gateway Setup > > > > I setup a new gateway server with the following specs based on > suggestions > > from this list. > > > > Dell 1750 > > 2.8Ghz Xeon > > 1GB Ram > > 128 MB Battery Backed Cache RAID CARD > > 3 36GB 15k SCSI > > 3com 3c905c 10/100 NIC > > > > Drive 0, Drive 1 RAID 1 > > C: 14gb Imail\Declude > > D: 5GB SWAP > > E: 15gb Declude Logs ONLY! I am Offloading Imail Logs to a seperate > > SYSLOG. > > > > DRIVE 1, > > F: Imail Spool > > > > I brought this server live this morning, started getting emails I was > > watching the spool drive, it grew but not fast at first. I then checked > > it > > about 45 Minutes later the spool drive had 2800 *.smd Files in it and > the > > \overflow about the same. I sent an Email from my Hotmail account to > two > > different domains that I have, that two different gateways get, but they > > forward mail to the SAME Mailbox server. I received the one in about 1 > > minute the other about 45 minutes later. The 45 minute email traveled > > through the server that I brought up this morning. I then changed the > > SMTP > > processes on the gateway server from 30 to 60. Less than an hour later > > the > > Spool drive has 130 *.smd Files while the overflow has none. I then > sent > > an > > email from my hotmail account and it tool about 2 minutes through the > same > > server that had just taken 45 minutes. My question of the day is, Are > the > > 30 SMTP processes not enough to handle the mail without having to spool > > it? > > Is playing with this setting appropriate in Gateway Situations? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Kris > > > > > > 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/
