Re: IMS slow deliveries

[Greg Baumgratz]

In my case, it was (and still is on that server) any folder, including the simple 'My Computer' that contains only a few 'items'.  Can you say 'hosed'? Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a tip on this topic... When you suspect a directory has lots of files, right click the folder and then left click the 'Properties' menu option to see how many files are in the directory/folder. If it has more than a couple thousand (or less depending on the PC's horsepower), don't open that directory/folder unless you have to. The Windows GUI has lots of work to do to dislay that nice, sorted, iconified etc. directory listing. Try and use the command line interface instead if you can. And in regards to IMS, NEVER leave a folder open to one of the spool directories; prein, incoming, holding, or a domain directory. NT refreshes the directory listing on any open folder every few seconds. I have seen instances where I had an almost empty prein folder open, and accidentally left it open when I walked away. As files started to enter the directory, it took NT longer to refresh the file listing. That slowed down the server, making it take longer to move files out of prein. Which means more files accumulated in prein, whcih means NT took longer to refresh wheich means it slowed down more ad. nauseum. You get the idea... I had created my own prein backlog and server slowdown just because I left the folder window open. The right-click/properties trick is very handy to count files in a spool directory without opening it. Hope this helps! -Alan I am pretty sure it is an OS/hardware issue as NT itself takes forever to open a folder when you attempt to do so. Like I said, not a solution, but a confirmation of a similar problem. Thanks, Greg This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)