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From: Enriko Groen <enriko.groen@netivity.nl>
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Subject: RE: connecting to sendmail very slow
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:58:07 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> Lately (month or so), sending mail via that server is pretty slow (the
> initial connection). The problem is that the initial 
> connection takes 7-10
> seconds before connecting (sendmail actually accepting the mail), then
> everything hums along fine (once the connection is 
> acknowledged, it zips
> along nicely).
> 
> I am cornfused and seek enlightenment.

Seek enlightenment in the corner of host resolving, reverse dns.
Slow connections are useally caused by a host being unable to lookup
hostnames.


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