Replying to my own email - those gremlins blocking the mail queue seem to have gone for good after that last reboot - been going for almost a full work day with no more queuing. Why bother about the cause when you have the solution :-) Michael Bright Network Administrator Oxley College Burradoo NSW 2576 Alternate Email: mickfb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Work Phone: 02 48611366 Mobile Phone: 0402118847 ________________________________ From: Michael Bright [mailto:Michael.Bright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, 20 February 2006 6:06 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Mail Queue blocked. http://www.MSExchange.org/ I have a pesky problem that seems to have arisen out of the blue. Mail is queuing in the C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\Queue We are running Exchange 2003 on a Win 2003 server (non-DC) we have a connector to the ISA Server (Win 2003) Mail is flowing internally and we are receiving mail from outside, but the mail to go out keeps queuing up. I HAVE found a solution, but it is a drastic one - shutting down and restarting the Exchange Server. That clears the backlog. I have stop and started separately all the Exchange Services and the SMTP service on the Exchange server, but this does not fix the problem - only a complete reboot. I can't find anything in the event logs to point to the problem. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Michael Bright Network Administrator Oxley College Burradoo NSW 2576 Alternate Email: mickfb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Work Phone: 02 48611366 Mobile Phone: 0402118847 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: Michael.Bright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx