Great tip, Alan! I had a delay of only 5 seconds in the auto restart config and changed it to 60 seconds.
Hope this will end with the reboot need. Thank you! Guilherme ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Fiebig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: Re: New SMTPRCV > When smtprcv is running, if you check taskmanager and have the 'Threads' column > enabled to display, you will see many copies (threads) of smtprcv running, one > for each concurrent connection to the service. > > When smtprcv is stopped, either from the service manager, from the netsvc command, > the kill command, or any other means, you MUST wait until every thread has stopped > and smtprcv is no longer listed in taskmanager before restarting the service. > > Failure to do so will result in exactly what you are describing above... a service > that is neither running nor stopped, nor that can be recovered from. The server > typically needs to be rebooted to correct it. > > I have seen it take as long as 45 seconds for all the threads to expire, and when > my monitoring system detected smtprcv had failed and tried immediatly restarting it, > I often ended up with this condition. I now have a 60 second delay built in between > stopping the service and trying to restart it. > > I no longer have the above problem... hope this might help. > > -Alan 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)
