Re: Some badmail info

  • From: "Michael B. Smith" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:15:42 -0400

If you examine the badmail folder you'll note that there are multiple
files (usually) for each message. You pointed that out. Once ALL the
files are there, I agree that it doesn't get touched by the smtpsvc
again. There is a short window during the generation of those files (and
I've hit it) where the smtpsvc expects all 3 files to be present and if
it isn't can generate an error.

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From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:48 PM
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Subject: [exchangelist] Re: Some badmail info


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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
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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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