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5 days

Courtesy update: There have been no further events or issues since the last update, ExchangeDefender operations are back to normal.

Thank you to all the clients and partners that opened the ticket and provided SMTP headers (or .eml/.msg files). During the first few minutes of the incident report we could not confirm or replicate the issue and we first attempted to confirm that the size of the message coming in is approximate to the size of the message going out of our network. This issue only occured on one node, one system, and was only caught by one partner in UK that manages a large email  transaction business that can receive 100's of messages per second. We worked the issue backwards and located the problem within minutes.

Unfortunately, this required pausing mail flow in ExchangeDefender. All the messages have been processed and delivered, but with a delay. We did not want to risk corrupting more mail. Because this issue was occuring at the network service level (i.e., before the message is ever written to the disk) this was the only recourse and it's the first time this has happened in the company history. As a result, we will be adding a network service facility to do data duplication of incoming traffic so that it can be paused and replayed if a catastrophic event occurs between ExchangeDefender and target Inbox (more details on this soon).

Again, huge thanks to everyone that took a moment to provide SMTP header or .eml/.msg. You make it possible for us to resolve catastrophic issues within minutes instead of hours or days and we're eternally thankful for that and for your business.