I have spent all day working on this and have so far got
nowhere!
The problem is that a user sent a 2.6MB file to over 260
recipients. The Exchange server seems to have freaked out
because I dont believe a single one has been delivered and
the failed emails are sending NDR's to the sender over and
over again. The expiration timeout period of the Default
SMTP Virtual Server is set to 4 hours. This email was sent
about 30 hours ago and is still sending NDR's.
I have attempted to delete the mail from the queue. If a
queue lists 1 or more mail items for that domain,
selecting freeze or delete turns it to 0. Most queued
items are already set at 0. I have deleted the items in
the \VS 1\queue folder but the items regenerate again! I
have set all timeout periods to 1 minute and after 1
minute the items in the VS 1\Queue folder are removed but
are still listed in the SMTPVS and still runs the Internet
connection flat out and sends NDR's. A reboot will
regenerate the VS 1\Queue folder just as it had
originally, and again will slowly delete all items again.
This has got me stumped. It seems nothing will remove the
items from the queue, and the server is still tryint to
send tomething even though it has expired and is not
listed in the VS 1\Queue folder.
Any help at all greatly appreciated.
Tippy.