Our server crashed over the weekend. After a reboot everything
initially seemed back to normal until I realised that there was an
amount of mail in the "Messages Pending Delivery" queue.
I suspected that it might be related to Trend Scanmail that had been
installed a few weeks back and I had seen something similar in the
past that the application of a patch could sort however the patch
couldn't stop the SMTP service. Cancelling the patch installation
leaves the service in a "stopping" state.
I have subsequently been unable to manually stop the service and can do
nothing but reboot to get it to "started" again.
Re: Unable to stop/restart SMTP service ... I suspected that it might be related to Trend Scanmail that had been installed a few weeks back and I had seen something similar in the past that the application of a patch could sort however the patch couldn't stop the SMTP service.... Cancelling the patch installation leaves the service in a "stopping" state. ... It was indeed in need of a patch to Scanmail but to get the patch to apply I had to disable SMTP, reboot, apply patch then manually start SMTP. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: sms 2003 patch management is brutal! ...SMS client computer to run this taks. ... >> You don't re-select it when running the Distribute Software Updates>> Wizard....SMS patch management is>>>> extremely ... >>>>> requires a reboot is installed without rebooting the patch isn't ... (microsoft.public.sms.admin)
Re: RPC security error is restarting my comp ... or reboot, quickly go to: ... > Is the original problem actually the worm which I have ... >>install the patch mentioned above. ... >>It is suggested that you first download the patch to your ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
The patch killed my system! ... prompts for a reboot, I say "Yes"...boom! ... that reason more often than any other on a server.... when a patch appears to cause a problem with your server its more likely ... Now I'm not saying this to discourage reports of problems with patches,... (NT-Bugtraq)
Re: [Full-Disclosure] Windoze almost managed to 200x repeat 9/11 ... > not to patch and to make the tech do a reboot every 30 days. ... > Does Microsoft have crappy coding in Windows 95? ... > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html ... (Full-Disclosure)
