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vmimb.exe overloading the CPU

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by stephen.wilder

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A program called vmimb.exe is hogging all our CPU useage for days at a time.

We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Exchange Server 5.5. I have traced the program to the POP3 Connector, so I went in to Control Panel Services and set the POP3 Connector service to start manually. It provides relief but not a solution.

TechNet suggests the problem may revolve around long FQDN's. I have applied their suggestion (modifying the HOST file etc) but it does not seem to work in my circumstance.

Any advice or comments would be much appreciated.

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by joseph moore

I found a reference in a newsgroup posting on this.
Actually, there were a lot of people who have been reporting this same problem since Feb 2000! So, you aren't alone.

Open My Computer on the SBS server and go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft BackOffice\Connectivity\POP3 Connector\Incoming
Delete any files there. You might need to stop the Exchange services first to do this. According to the post I read, that took care of it.
Basically, some e-mails were stuck and not being delivered. Why, no one knows!

hope this helps

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