>If they are E-mails that haven't�had�delivery attempts yet, you probably have a DNS >issue
I don't think it's any thing that bad. The servers been running reliably for a few years. It's just that one day here in Florida, after the hurricane, our spooler was full of emails; more than normal. I was wondering is there was a way for imail to work a little faster. Thanks, John On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:57:52 -0400, R. Scott Perry wrote: > >>�1. Is there a way to increase the speed with which imail >>�processes mail? >�What are you looking to change? >�Are E-mails taking a long time to be processed (from the time you >�hit >�"send" in your mail client until the time they are delivered, >�typically >�within couple of minutes)? �If so, you'll need to find out where >�the delay >�is by checking log files. >�Or are the E-mails not being delivered on the first attempt, which >�would >�cause longer delays? �This could occur if there are network >�stability >�issues, for example. >>�I see that we can increase the number of smtp processes. Is that >>�recommended? Mine are set to 30. It doesn't look like there are >>�ever 30 >>�processes in the task manager. >�Raising this can cause serious server stability problems (due to a >�problem >�with Windows), so it is not recommended. �However, if you aren't >�normally >�seeing at least 30 service-started processes in the Task Manager, >�raising >�this would affect delivery speed in any way. >>�Then there is the: "tries before returning to sender" and "Queue >>�timer." >>�Are these settings a way to increase the smtp speed or a way to >>�screw >>�things up? >�These will only affect E-mail that can't be delivered on the first >�try, so >�changing those settings to speed delivery would just speed delivery >�of >�problem E-mails, causing good E-mails to possibly be delivered less >�quickly. >>�2. I have 14,000 files in the spooler but the "View queue" shows >>�about >>�5,000 emails. Is that because there are two or three files for >>�each email >>�or because there are some orphaned files floating around in >>�there? If >>�there are orphaned files is there a program to "match up" the >>�email files >>�and remove the orphans? >�Each E-mail has 2 files (normally Q*.SMD and D*.SMD). �If you see >�just one >�file (it would be D*.SMD), it's an orphan -- a "double bounce" >�where IMail >�could not deliver the E-mail, and couldn't bounce it either. �If >�you use >�Windows Explorer and search the *.SMD files by date, any that are >�more than >�several days old should be the double-bounces (unless you have >�IMail set to >�re-try E-mails for many days). >�The important question is whether those 5,000 E-mails are ones that >�have >�not been scanned/delivered yet, or whether they are re-tries. �If >�they are >�re-tries, you probably have nothing to worry about (except the >�overhead of >�continually re-trying them all). �If they are E-mails that haven't >�had >�delivery attempts yet, you probably have a DNS issue. >�-Scott >�--- >�Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail >�mailservers >�since 2000. >�Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in >�mailserver >�vulnerability detection. >�Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a 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/ LogFileManager - IIS LogFile Management Tool WebPageChecker - Helps Maintain Server UpTime http://www.serverautomationtools.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/
