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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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