From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Aug 8 08:02:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21400 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 08:02:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.sheltonbbs.com (mail.sheltonbbs.com [206.196.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA21394 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 08:02:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bbsadmin@sheltonbbs.com) Received: from butch.sheltonbbs.com (butch.sheltonlink.com [206.196.122.12]) by mail.sheltonbbs.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id KAA22814 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:01:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002601bdc2dd$3cfcbfc0$0c7ac4ce@butch.sheltonbbs.com> Reply-To: "Butch Evans" From: "Butch Evans" To: Subject: Fw: Ghost Mail Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:00:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3115.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I sent this out a few days ago, and have had one response. Just after sending it out, my Frame-relay went down, and I suspect some mail may have been lost. At any rate, I thank you for any assistance you may offer. **************************************************************** ** Butch Evans ** Visit our WebSite at ** ** Shelton Internet, Inc ** http://www.sheltonbbs.com ** ** Network Operations ** SEMO's Premier ISP ** ** Malden, MO ** Low, Low Ad Rates!! ** ** 1-800-339-4803 ** 573-276-4803 ** **************************************************************** >I am beginning to see an odd problem on one of my machines. This is my mail >machine (dedicated server). What is happening is this...a client connects, >and their computer tells them "Receiving message 1 of 10" (or whatever >number they have). They do not get 10 messages in their "Inbox". They are >not filtering mail, so it is not a client thing. The problem is pretty >widespread as well. It does not seem to be related to a particularly busy >time, either. I noticed once (a while back) that I was getting "too many >open files" errors in the log files, so I increased the "maxusers" to 50 and >re-compiled the kernel. Still no help...the file error has disappeared, >though. I am stumped. Here are the stats: >HARDWARE: >PII 266 with 128MB Ram and about 5 GB diskspace available in /var > >SOFTWARE: >FreeBSD 2.2.6 with aforementioned mods to kernel >Qpopper 2.53 (vanilla compile for FreeBSD) > >Thanks for any assistance. I am not sure what else to include here, as I >have exhausted my limited knowledge on this one. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message