SMS Sender Sets Enormous Estimated Bandwidth in Registry

SYMPTOMS

Systems Management Server Sender-based bandwidth control writes a initial Estimated Bandwidth of 0xffffffff bytes per second (very large) in the registry. When you first use the Addresses dialog box in Sender Manager to modify an Address-based bandwidth, the Estimated Bandwidth is set to an appropriate (lower) value. By default, this value is 0x138880 (10,000 decimal).

However, if you use the Sender dialog box in Sender Manager, this initial value is not lowered and Systems Management Server assumes you have erroneously large bandwidth.

This error results in the Sender stopping under some conditions.