[NTLUG:Discuss] Mail problems

[Greg Edwards]

I'm still having major issues with the NTLUG mail server.

 From my mail logs:

Mar 24 14:34:53 mrytle sendmail[11835]: h2OG4fMZ011376: 
to=<discuss at ntlug.org>, ctladdr=<greg at nas-inet.com> (502/506), 
delay=04:30:12, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=480502, 
relay=mail.ntlug.org., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out 
with mail.ntlug.org.

Mar 24 14:34:53 mrytle sendmail[11835]: h2OG4fMZ011376: h2OKSqMb011835: 
sender notify: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours

Mar 24 14:34:53 mrytle sendmail[11835]: h2OKSqMb011835: 
to=<greg at nas-inet.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, 
pri=32734, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

I seem to get more timed out than accepted.  I do have a timeout (20 
seconds) for inactivity over my ISDN that drops the link.  Is it 
possible that the mail server is just taking longer than 20 seconds to 
respond?

I'll set my timeout longer to see if that helps.  If that's the case, 
more than 20 seconds for a mail server to acknowledge a receipt seems a 
little ridicules to me.  I'm not pointing my comments toward the NTLUG 
folks (Chris, MadHat, whomever).

-- 
Greg Edwards
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