Smtp_out stopped delivering mail.

Yesterday, smtp_out stopped delivering mail to external domains.
Then I stopped and restarted oesctl smtp_out.
I'm running 904 Collab suite.
I think there is a bug for this. But nevertheless, is there a way to monitor when smtp_out or smtp_in is in a problematic state?
For example , does OEM grid control able to monitor these outages?
help please.

No, I don't think that there is a standard error message. I have had two massive slowdowns in the past 4 days in smtp_out and it seems that they were caused by totally different reasons.
The last time we encountered a problem with smtp_out there were totally different messages in the smtp_out log, stating something about the AQ, which I guess is the Advanced Queueing.
Its really a pain that a product that is praised to be self-configuring and managing has so very little possibilities to monitor these vital processes. Even to look at the queues, you'll have to use sqlplus.
Stephan

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