Oops...meant retrieving...too busy...
It was the only change we made (you actually suggested it at the time), and
it fixed our problem with both _{ID}.SMD files piling up in the queue and
timeouts when POPping the server.
Darin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Shanbrom (Ipswitch)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail running away with processor... whats up ?
Hmm, POP doesn't send just retrieves..With the Holiday increase in spam it
can tax you machine by just adding more overhead...
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darin Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Imail running away with processor... whats up ?
> Has there been an increase in message volume, spam or otherwise?
>
> With a recent increase in spam, we reached the point where we needed to up
> the Delivery and Retry Threads for the Queue Manager. Not exactly sure
why
> this would affect POP sending, but it did in our case.
>
> As always, check the logs and the critical performance monitoring points
> (e.g. CPU, RAM, disk IO, disk queue length, etc.)
>
> Darin.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Accram Network Operations" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:54 AM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail running away with processor... whats up ?
>
>
> Hey all,
> I inherited a network that used IMAIL as our mail server, then all
> this stuff came along with the new suite that made me dislike IMAIL a
little
> more than I already did... However, I just have to work with it like I
> suspect all of you do as well...
>
> Anyway, here is an issue I am having with the IMAIL server.
>
> We currently use IMAIL v 8.13, with your basic settings, pop, imap,
> smtp, web cal, but no LDAP or messaging.
>
> About every 2-4 days one of our customers, without fail will call
> into our NOC and ask us "are you having problems with the mail server,
it's
> running very slow". Initally I just kinda brushed it off, but now I am
> starting to see it as well, Simply sending a text only e-mail can
sometimes
> take 30 seconds... and I am on a t-1 frame to our mail server, so I know a
> 20k e-mail can fly on that type of pipe.
>
> The only resolution for this is to reboot the mail server, which
> once I do this it runs perfectly fine for another couple days, then walla
> back to square 1. We did have an issue where I was working on
implementing
> LDAP, but didn't get around to it and LDAP went WILD, so I shut it off and
> jumped ship there.
>
> Does anyone have a thought on this issue, it's driving me crazy !
>
> -rob
>
>
> Happy Surfing,
>
> Rob Szkutak
> Sr. Network Enginner
> (602) 264.0288 x137
> Accram Inc.
>
>
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