Darin, Would love a run at that script you have. Any chance you may share?
Thanks Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Cox Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files Most likely. We usually see about 1% of our total volume of email left in the spool directory like this. If the numbers go higher than that (we use Declude's free Spool monitoring tool and have the results emailed to us every three hours) we start looking for evidence of a dictionary attack (the most likely reason for spool buildup), spam sources to potentially block with the kill file, or mail server delivery errors. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "isp-lists [at] beachcomp dot com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:06 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files So, to sum it up, this would be normal behavior. Were not doing anything wrong and I can sleep easy tonight?! ;-) Dave ----------------------------------- |Beach Computers | |Affordable Online Solutions | |http://www.beachcomp.com | =================================== |Cheap Domain Warehouse | |Get Your Own Dot! | |http://www.cheapdomainwarehouse.com| ---------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Shanbrom [Ipswitch] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files No worries... Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darin Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files > I may have not said it clearly, but the Q files remain (timestamp is updated > upon each retry) until the max retries have been reached. After that, if > the message/bounce still cannot be sent, the Q files are deleted and the D > files remain. > > So, we agree...just were saying things differently...language is a funny > thing... > > Darin. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Shanbrom [Ipswitch]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files > > > > > > > Actually, since these seem to be T & D pairs this indicates messages = > > that were not received completely..Here is how IMail works (roughly).. > > > > 1) Foreign machine connects to IMail's SMTPD listener > > 2) "T" file gets created in spool dir which contains SMTP envelope info > > 3) After "Data" command corresponding "D" file is created which contains = > > the actual body of the email > > 4) Once body is fully received the "T" is changed to a "Q" and is ready = > > for further processing > > > > If you open the "D" files in notepad or another text editor I would = > > hazard to guess it is an incomplete message. > > > > Contrary to what Darin said an undeliverable bounce will result in = > > orphaned "D" file with no "Q" files. Neither ones will ever be delivered = > > so deleting them is a viable option. In the first case, it is most = > > likely the message was retried at a later time and was successful. > > > > Hope this helps > > Eric S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "isp-lists [at] beachcomp dot com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:53 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files > > > > Matt, > > > > I use a similar script. > > It's just that 100 leftover files a day kind of made me nervous wondering > if > > mail wasn't being delivered while it should. > > > > > > Dave > > > > ----------------------------------- > > |Beach Computers | > > |Affordable Online Solutions | > > |http://www.beachcomp.com | > > =================================== > > |Cheap Domain Warehouse | > > |Get Your Own Dot! | > > |http://www.cheapdomainwarehouse.com| > > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Robertson > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:54 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Leftover Imail files > > > > Not a direct answer to your question, but related to the issue: For > > maintenance I run a script on my Imail spool folder and delete anything > more > > than X days old. Otherwise I have to do it manually, which is no fun. > > > > > > -- > > --Matt Robertson-- > > MSB Designs, Inc. > > mysecretbase.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/ > 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/
