I was told by imail tech support not to have two. I asked them about the tech note and tech support told me it is better to only have one.
They could not say why. Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerald > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue > > > Yes. > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/guide/imailug801/Chapter%205 > %20smtp5.html#186 > > Look for "Domain Name Server address" > > Gerald > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:45:06 -0800 > Hien Tran said something about Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue: > > > Is it okay to have two dns servers (both are currently working) > listed in > > the smtp settings? We currently list both dns that was > provided to us by > > our T1 provider. Our cpu usage is usually around 100% during the normal > > work hours and around 24%-50% during off hours, but everything seems > > normal? > > Is this normal, any thoughts? Thanks. > > > > Hien Tran > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue > > > > > > > And that appears to have been it. Spool/overflow were over 17,000 each > > > when I removed the dead server. They've both dropped under 15,000 in > > > the last 20 minutes. > > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:12:26 -0600 (Central Standard Time) > > > Gerald said something about Re: [IMail Forum] flooded queue: > > > > > > > I just tested that I could get out from the box. Failed to use > >> > nslookup to specify the server. > > > > > > > > You hit the nail on the head. Had 2 DNS servers in IMail > Admin -- the > > > > one listed first appears to be failing. Just removed it so hopefully > > > > IMail can start to catch up now that it doesn't have to do failed > > > > lookups on the bad server before going over to the good server. > > > > > > > > Thanks all. > > > > > > > > Gerald > > -- > Gerald V. Livingston II > > Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: > http://expita.com/nomime.html > > '74 Kombi (http://www.phorce1.com/bustemp) > '69 Type 1 - AirBall the Rolling Basket Case > http://www.phorce1.com > http://www.buskatiers.org > > > 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/
