[NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3

[Bob Byron]

I did have this exact problem.  In my case, the nameserver in 
/etc/resolv.conf was invalid.  My server is running DNS, so may
nameserver entry points to itself.

Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Aggarwal" <neil at JAMMConsulting.com>
To: "NTLUG" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3


> Hello:
> 
> I just set up a Linux box Running RedHat 7.3 to act as a mail server.
> When I try to download my email from Outlook on my Windows box,
> it take a long time to connect and start downloading my email.
> Everything works, but it just sits for a while first.
> 
> Reading some articles on the web, I think it is a timeout of
> either reverse DNS or identd, since the machine I am checking
> from uses an internal IP address that wont resolve for
> reverse dns and it is a windows box that does not run identd.
> 
> I tried following some instructions I found that told me to edit
> the /etc/xinetd.conf file and /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 files to remove
> items from the log_on_success lines, but that did not
> help.
> 
> I check my firewall, it is not a problem since I tried diabling 
> it as well.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Neil.
> 
> --
> Neil Aggarwal
> JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> 
> 
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