I have an oddity that I've run into (I guess it's not really an oddity
considering how SIMS works), but I need to know if there is a solution.

We are running DNSRBL lookups, keep an local SMTP blacklist and have a
router with umpteen entries.

When someone sends a message to someone inadvertently with a domain that is
routed to error by SIMS, it of course denies it, but because the SMTP
settings are set to attempt delivery up to 5 times, I get a recurrent hang
on the server and, due to my previous bonehead, had an absolutely HUGE log
file over a couple of days due to an address being routed to error and
trying to send to that domain from the LAN.

That said, is there a workaround for this to allow SIMS to continue
processing OTHER mail waiting in the queue, or is it strictly first-come,
first-served?

It was my mistake that cost that problem and I couldn't for the life of me
see what was going on when I got here this morning until I checked in the
log and saw the tons of entries of routed to error.

It had chewed up all available disk space, so much that the server was
rendered useless at that point because SIMS couldn't even write the temp
files for the queue (at least that what I thought it was trying to do - it
had several temp files that looked like queued messages).

Any suggestions, other than the ribbing that I'm sure I'll receive, that
is.......

Thanks, all.

Chris


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