Re: SMTP taking 100% cpu utilization

Ed,

You have a message stuck in the SMTP server. You will need to perform the
following steps to clear the message and get things working again. This is
due to IBM's wonderful implementation of SMTP on the AS/400. By the way you
will lose any messages that have not already been processed. I would put
this email in a safe place because we used to use the AS/400 for email and
had this happen all the time, now we went to Domino on the AS/400's native
SMTP and no problems at all.

1. ENDMSF
2. ENDTCPSVR *SMTP
3. CRTDTAARA DTAARA(QUSRSYS/QTMSCLEAN) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) VALUE('c') AUT
(*ALL)
4. STRMSF MSGOPT(*CLEAR)
5. STRTCPSVR *SMTP

Thanks,

Tony Awbrey
Technical Specialist

IBM Certified Specialist -- AS/400 Technical Solutions, Domino for AS/400

Ascend Technologies, Inc.
2658 Crosspark Rd. Suite 200
Coralville, IA 52241
Voice: 319.626.5490 ext. 825
Fax:     319.626.5491


                                                                                
              
                    Ed Davidson                                                 
              
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After it has been running for some time, the QTSMTPCLTP job will take as
much of
the processor as it can, making utilization 100% or ++++.

I have V4R4, I have applied all of the group PTF's, all of the Group
Hypers, and
all of the Hypers as of April 10th, 2000.

If I look at the job log of the job, it is almost empty.  No open files
either.

After an IPL, the system runs normal (20% utilization) for a few days or so
before
this starts up again.

 This started after I closed off third party mail relay by configuring my
AS/400 to
send E-Mail through the firewall vs. relaying it to the firewall.  This
didn't
start immediately.

Any ideas?

Thank you;

Ed Davidson.


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