Re: Some badmail info
- From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:47:45 -0700
I agree with what you said for everything except for the badmail folder.
Once the e-mail has been put there (in 3 separate files) it is never touched
again by the smtpsvc, unlike the other directories, correct? Or is there
some point where the service may again access those files?
John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:47 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Some badmail info
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1) Even though the window is small, deleting files from under the SMTP
service while it's running can be A Bad Thing (tm). (Primarily event log
entries because the SMTP service may look for a file after it has been
deleted, or your batch file may abort because it tries to delete a file that
the SMTP service has locked.)
2) It renames the BadMail directory - when the SMTP service starts, and the
BadMail directory doesn't exist, a new one is automatically created (this is
documented and supported behavior).
3) It immediately restarts the SMTP service (to minimize the downtime - if
you wait until you've deleted all the files, your SMTP service could be down
for a long time.
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From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:12 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Some badmail info
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Michael, why would you need to stop any service to delete files in the
badmail folder, as those are effectively dead files?
John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You
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