Better solution, report it to Tod. -----Original Message----- From: "Danny Mallory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:03:08 -0600 Subject: [sambar] Mail server woes
> And here I have been thinking I was smoking something.. In the past > several months I have seen the same thing on a few different 5.3p > servers.. I also have increased MTAs and maximum connections allowed.. > It basically turns into a high water mark that ALWAYS eventually gets > reached... Things run smoothly for a long time, then all of a sudden > the connections start growing.. POP3 and SMTP... Mostly I see POP3 > starting the mess.. I have even spent some time in TCP/View by > sysinternals and manually terminate all of the hosed connections.. > Sambar seems to still leave them out to dry and not allowing anything > new to come in.. This does not seem to effect http access though and I > have not seen any crashes.. just no more connections allowed... > Solution = restart sambar and babysit. > > Danny > > On 11/Feb/2004 10:27:33, Jim H. wrote: > > I am seeing the same thing, but I also saw it in 5.3. > > > > Eventually the connections just keep growing, as if Sambar isn't > killing idol connections. I recently increased MTAs [from 1 to 2] and > am watching closely to see if that helps this issue. > > > > Between this problem and my restart/registration problem I damn near > have to have someone babysitting the server 24/7. Gets expensive fast. > > > > Not sure how much longer I can do this... > > > > -jim > > > > > > On 11/Feb/2004 08:14:11, Paul Alger \(Ironclad\) wrote: > > > I am experiencing random mail server crashes on Sambar 6. It > happens on the > > > average of once a week or so. > > > > > > The problem seems to be linked to this server log entry: > > > > > > [2004-02-11 07:56:54] WARN: POP3D event 'samples.dll:mail_connect' > failed > > > > > > Or this one: > > > > > > [2004-02-11 07:44:02] ERROR: File openc of > 'D:/sambar/config/mail.ini' > > > failed. > > > > > > After I reboot the server, things start working fine for another > week or > > > so.. > > > > > > > > > What happens is, the server will not accept any pop3 connections. > They just > > > eventually time out. Sometimes the SMTP server just keeps working > fine, > > > other times it crashes as well. > > > > > > As of now, I can't trust the server to run without babysitting it > all the > > > time. I am seriously considering rolling back to Sambar 5.x. It > seems to > > > be much more stable than Sambar 6. > > > > > > Is anyone else experiencing these problems? Does anyone know what > > > "samples.dll" does? > > > > > > Paul Alger > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.583 / Virus Database: 369 - Release Date: 2/10/2004 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/
