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. > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > 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/
