Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:14:59 -0600 From: Stephen <sdk@yuck.net> To: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail slow to answer Message-ID: <20000131161459.A543@visi.com> In-Reply-To: <3895F3E8.2EB89191@ds.net>; from James A. Mutter on Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 03:43:20PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001311229370.2209-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> <3895F3E8.2EB89191@ds.net>
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 03:43:20PM -0500, James A. Mutter wrote: > > I've had a weird problem with sendmail ever since I upgraded my > > home server system from 2.2.8 to 3.x. I have a mailserver running on that > > machine for personal mail, and as the outgoing smtp server for my home > > network. Everything works as it should, except that connecting to the > > server is very slow. It does answer eventually, and once it answers it's > > snappy enough, but it's very slow (around 5 seconds) to answer. > > > > At first I thought that was related to not having updated my > > sendmail.cf, but I finally got around to doing that last night and it did > > not improve things. Any suggestions here would be welcome, OTHER than a > > suggestion to use a different mailer. I do have that on my list to try > > something else (probably postfix) soon, but it's not practical to change > > it right now. > > I'm not a Sendmail guru - but is identd running? I think that may be > the cause of your problem here. > I don't think identd normally needs to run, but the identd port 113 should be open on the server. If the server is silently dropping port 113 packets, the remote host trying to pass mail will timeout before continuing with the smtp connection. My ISP idents me when forwarding mail, and I use a firewall to reset the port connection. Also make sure your dns is working properly. -- sdk@yuck.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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