I'm using SIMS to forward emails sent by WebSiphon (my favorite scripting tool) to an EIMS server on another machine via the incoming folder.
Has been working like a charm, wrote some nice WebSiphon interface glue for it, love it to death. Then last night something bizarre happened. First, the HD on the machine running EIMS seized a bearing, taking down EIMS. Which meant the SIMS apps running on my various webservers couldn't forward the emails; they apparently went into the Queue folder. One machine, a bit low on HD space, and in the process of sending out 15000 or so emails, actually ran out of HD space! So lucky me, I get to go into the office at 10pm to fix things. Oh the joy of being the boss AND the head geek. Managed to get the data off the bad hard disc using the old "turn the disc upside down" trick (when a bearing doth fry, this my children you must try) and reincarnate the email server on another machine. Back up it comes, all is copacetic. SIMS is sending new emails on to EIMS as happy as pie. Except all the emails in the Queue folder are just sitting there. I have retry set for 5 minutes, and every five minutes SIMS apparently touches the Queue folder (its modified date changes), but none of the email files in the folder are getting touched or sent AFAICT. The oldest message in one of the Queue Folders has this header P I 05-10-2001 21:31:19 0000 animeigo.com orders R E 05-10-2001 21:31:27 0000 yahoo.com ssl007 O T The youngest one is like this: P I 05-10-2001 22:22:54 0000 animeigo.com orders R E 05-10-2001 22:32:58 0000 mail.baynet.net stjack O T Looking in Communigate, I see all the messages with an icon looking like a mail envelope with an red X superimposed. I'm guessing that SIMS tried too often and then just gave up. How can I tickle SIMS and get it to try these emails one last time? R -- =========================================================== Robert Woodhead, CEO, AnimEigo http://www.animeigo.com/ =========================================================== http://selfpromotion.com/ The Net's only URL registration SHARESERVICE. A power tool for power webmasters. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
