Hi Tracy, On 27.10.2006 14:00, Tracy wrote:
> I'm running XMail 1.20 (I know, not the current version) on Windows 2000 > Server (SP4). I have two filters that run (one from pre-data - spam > check, one from post-data - virus scan). > > For the last week, I've been noticing that mail delivery is running > about 4 - 6 hours later than mail receipt. For example, I received about > 5 minutes ago (7:50am) a posting from this mailing list with a time > stamp of 3:09am - but checking the SMTP log for XMail shows that it was > received by SMTP at 3:09:16 this morning. So, it sat in the processing > queue somewhere for over 4.5 hours before being delivered to my mailbox. > > I have verified that if I stop XMail, then restart it, all the waiting > mail suddenly gets delivered - but new items coming in still hang up in > the queue. > > Any ideas on where to look for what might be causing this? I've checked > to make sure that both the pre and post data filters are not hanging up > anywhere - there aren't any copies of them still hanging around in the > process list. And I've tried restarting the machine (same effect as > restarting XMail - queued mail gets delivered, new arriving mail sticks > in the queue). I remember exactly such behavior some time ago. There is some evil message in the que that seems to stop SMAIL threads. I didn't find any real solution but I somehow catched the evil thing. You can try the following: 1) Start XMail in debug mode and look when SMAIL stops processing the que. Maybe the last entry is the message. 2) Check all messages in the que (it shoud be the message in the rsnd/ folder) - one of them is evil. If you catch the message it'd be great if you can investigate it for some abnormal characters / sizes / etc. - I guess there's maybe some bug in the software that has not been found & fixed - OR: some filter screwed up a spool file and X(S)Mail doesn't like it anymore... I hope these tipps will help you. I'd appreciate some feedback. Thanks. -- Best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen Sönke Ruempler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ruempler.eu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
