Good to hear, but now my question is why?
The load should not be much different today, and also syncs going on. Did some client that moved to another server take the problem with them? Just seems odd, maybe there is something to learn here.
the # of smtp connections dropped from 700 to to around 450.
The server is simply getting bogged down during peak hours. We are entering the non-peak period now, hopefully till monday afternoon. We are hoping to take advantage of this period.