need to create a script to reset SMTP

[CADGraphicsIT]

I need to create a script that will reset the SMTP service every 3 minutes or so. Can anyone help?

 

[AJ1982]

net stop smtpsvc
net start smtpsvc

Why wld you want to do this anyways?

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Fatman Superstar (Andrew James)

CCNA, CCAI

 

[CADGraphicsIT]

Thanks a lot, that worked. I want to do this because I'm having problems with the Queue. In the Queue there's always anywhere from 12-14 emails. If I restart the SMTP service, the emails get sent away to their destinations, and new email comes in. Now if I just leave the emails there and never restart the smtp service, then a few of the emails in there will just sit for a day or two, then be sent of randomly. Pretty much everythings random in the Queue, except when i restart it, then it seems to work well for a few mins.. So I figure (for a short time goal of course) I will make a script that restarts the smtp servivce every 5 minutes and everything will be fine.

Is there a line i can add to the beginning of the script that minimizes it? It gets annoying when it pops up every 5 minutes.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Use a batch file, not a script.
net stop smtpsvc
net start smtpsvc
Save it as a .bat file, and it should run in the background. Just a thought.

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[fs483]

Why not try to figure out why the emails get stuck. That's not normal behavior of exchange.