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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:18:43 -0600
From:      Troy Kittrell <troyk@basspro.com>
To:        mdickerson@officeonweb.net
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: connecting to sendmail very slow
Message-ID:  <3C766F63.3050502@basspro.com>
References:  <3.0.6.32.20020222085357.01425680@officeonweb.net>

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It also might be an issue of ident. Have you installed or tightened 
firewall rules recently? I believe the line to look for in sendmail.cf is:

O Timeout.ident=0s

I'll let eveyone else hash out any security implications this may have.


mdickerson@officeonweb.net wrote:

> Howdy hi,
> 
> Sorry if this is a bit OT (or archived and I couldn't find it).
> 
> I have sendmail 8.9.3 running on 3.5 S.
> 
> 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).
> 
> More Details:
> -This machine typically has a load of < .10 (single processor)
> -top shows it sitting idle mostly
> -sendmail.cf is mostly a stock variety (out of the box)
>   - only additions are procmail, pop before smtp(sourceforge), and rbl(ordb)
> -if I telnet to port 25, sockstat on the machine shows the existing
> connection as the remote telnet waits the 7-10 seconds (so it appears not
> to be a network delay)
> -I can ssh just fine with no delay (so it's likely not a DNS issue?)
> -traceroutes to the box consistently show less than  ~110 ms (it get that
> slow when i hit qwest - not to slam them)
> -I have flushed the queue and HUP'd it with no change in performance
> 
> 
> I am cornfused and seek enlightenment.
> 
> I appreciate any suggestions.
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Mike Dickerson
> Officeonweb.net
> 
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