Re: PostOffice major failure!

[Alexei Zoubov <azstech@xxxxxxxxx>]

Addition - it looks like it is definitely PostOffice!

If I  boot with the PO folder in Startup items in about 5-10 minutes 
computer slows down and responds to everything with a few minutes 
delay or just turns the ball!

After taking PO out of Startup items, I have to reboot in single 
mode, run fsck -y for diagnostics and small repair, then iTools, 
Apache and everything else starts to work.

It seems that the problem is in writing to some files! Looked into 
PostOffice manual index - couldn't find where to look for error log. 
In trouble shooting - just notes on undelivered messages, this and 
that.

So, what do I do next? Should  I just run the PO installer again? How 
do I clean PO mailboxes and/or logs?  Where do I find error log to 
see what exactly went wrong?

Desperate Alexei

On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 12:26 PM, Alexei Zoubov wrote:

> PstOffice was behaving decently lately and suddenly the whole 
> computer with itools 6.7 and PostOffice just  stopped working. The 
> mouse would move, but either would not have any effect or turn into 
> rolling ball for a few minutes - then back.
>
> I restarted in single mode and checked with fsck -=y, there were 
> some minor errors that were repaired. Computer still wouldn't start.
>
> Then I used single user mode to move PostOffice out of Startupitems 
> folder. This time computer started, loaded iTools and started 
> serving pages OK, but without the PostOffice, naturally.
>
> I couldn't find any hint on how to start PostOffice manually, so I 
> put the PO folder into Startupitems again and rebooted - computer 
> wouldn't start again.
>
> After several unsuccessful tries, I managed to get computer up 
> without PO, but now it started to act strangely even without PO - it 
> looks that some work is going on that is preventing it from 
> functioning normally. The mouse either doesn't work or works with a 
> several seconds delay, or turns into the ball for 10-15 seconds!
>
> It may be overflooded logs, I would really appreciate any hints on 
> how to empty them and where they are!
>
> I don't think the mailboxes are full - they have been cleaned regularly.
>
> I tried to find any troubleshooting hints but it looks that there is 
> no advice on how to deal with such global failures!
>
> Anybody with an experience?
>
> Alexei
>
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