Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:53:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Danny <danny@pentalpha.com.hk> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061152120.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <003601bdbce5$dc80c080$6f00000a@domain.pentalpha.com.k>
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On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Danny wrote: > >On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Danny wrote: > > > >> I had setup a FreeBSD mail server and it function good. One day suddenly, > >> user cannot check mail with it and send mail with it. there is error > >> of -ERR POP timeout. When I reboot it, it stop when starting sendmail. > Can > >> you help me? > > > >Sounds like your nameserver fell over. Check that it's running and check > >/etc/resolv.conf for correct configuration. > > > After waiting for long time, the system was started. However, all the user > need to wait for a very long time to login and check mail. The system seem > to be very slow. Also found a record of "unable to write > /var/run/sendmail.pid" in maillog. > > I had checked the resolv.conf and it is ok. When I start "nslookup", it tell > me everything I want and very fast. How about looking up your own hostname? Or reverse-resolving clients? You might try setting tcp_extensions to 'NO' in /etc/rc.conf and rebooting, especially if you are behind Annex or Ascend equipment. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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