Bill, Thanks for the reply. I think waiting in this case won't solve the problem. That is becuase all new files written to the submitted folder are being sent out just fine.
What I have decided to do (the servers are about 6000 miles away from me, and I have not had good luck in the past running anything like DFA or norton remotely) is to stuff all the files, download them to my local machine and will reset the time/date in each file using BBEdit. Then, I will drop a bunch of files back into the queue folder (with SIMS not running) and restart SIMS. I hope this will work. I will also look at the message flags (based on an email I sent earlier in the month) and hope that solves the problem. What a welcome back form vacation! Thanks Dale p.s. additional suggestions still welcome On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:25:27 -0500 Bill Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:04 PM +0000 12/26/01, Dale Therio imposed structure on > a stream of electrons, yielding: > >Hi All, > > > >Apparently while on vacation there was a problem with my web > > server that also runs SIMS. > > > >As a result, I now have over 3500 emails in my queue that > are > > not being sent. If I look at the details of the individual > > emails they all show "suspended" and a time stamp of > 1/1/1904 > > and attempts made shows 0. > > > >What can I do to get these emails to be sent out? > > Waiting may work. Or maybe not. Those may be the markings of > SIMS trying to run through all the files in an overpopulated > folder and getting bogged down. At 3500 files in one > directory, MacOS is going to be very slow. > > You might get faster action if you can move a large number of > those files aside temporarily, and toss them back in as SIMS > handles them. The downside: that is a tedious chore because > the Finder also has very bad trouble with folders that full, > and you have to cycle SIMS for every batch. > > On the other hand, that may not just be SIMS and the OS > choking on a lot of files, it may be a corrupted directory. > A scan with DFA, DiskWarrior, Norton or something along > those lines may be in order. Even if patience and/or > fiddling with files works, I'd suggest a DFA run: getting > 3500 files into the queue directory is a serious stress on > the filesystem that may have triggered damage. > > > -- > Bill Cole > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# 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]>
