Re: [cobalt-users] POP before SMTP on RaQ4r

["Mike's List" <mikelist@xxxxxxx>]

To be safe, turn off mail (un-check it) go into the Mail Parameters,
select POP before SMTP and save it, go back out, check to turn Mail
back on...save the option (at the bottom) --should do it.


- Mike

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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jason M. Weber wrote:

> Greetings Folks,
> 
> I spent a good deal of time trying to scour the archives regarding POP
> before SMTP on a RaQ4 and ended up just getting more confused. We turned POP
> before SMTP on on RaQ last Friday and when I came back in to work on Monday,
> I found the SMTP server dead. After a few reboots, etc I finally turned off
> the POP before SMTP and the SMTP server came back to life. Not thinking that
> the actual problem was with the POP before SMTP I turned it back on... Only
> to watch my SMTP server die almost immediately. Turned POP before SMTP off
> again and I've been running smoothly since. We're hosting about 15 low-usage
> sites so I really can't believe that the SMTP server is getting overloaded
> and shutting itself down... The RaQ is fully patched and up to date with the
> only outside packages being from pkgmaster, SSH and the latest OpenWebmail.
> Anyone have any thoughts? I don't see anything really odd in the logs.
> Thanks.
> 
> ~Jason M. Weber
> Information Technology Administrator
> 
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