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Date:      Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:57:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      project10 <project10@alpha.focalnetworks.net>
To:        Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: problems with sendmail and LONG delays
Message-ID:  <20011001215630.X73124-100000@alpha.focalnetworks.net>
In-Reply-To: <004601c14ae3$94bbc5d0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Matthew Emmerton wrote:

> I have a 4.3-REL machine with sendmail 8.11.3 that has been acting up over
> the past two weeks for no apparent reason.  This machine handles mail for
> over 60 domains, and we're starting to get complaints from customers.
>
> What is happening is that MUAs (Outlook, Netscape, Pine) connecting to
> sendmail to send mail experience a 10-30 second delay before the message is
> sent.  I've double- and triple-checked that all DNS related services are
> working properly on this box.
>
> As a test, I tried connecting to port 25 and 587 via localhost and by
> external IP from the box itself.  In both of these tests, the sendmail
> banner comes up immediately.  However, connecting from a remote box does
> this:
>
> gabby# telnet mydomain.com 25
> Trying A.B.C.D...
> telnet: connect to address A.B.C.D: Network dropped connection on reset
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
> gabby#
>

	Have you tried using the -v (verbose) switch on the 'mail'
command?

> Does any one have any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> --
> Matt Emmerton
>
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