[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail slow to respond

[Jay Urish]

Usually this is indicative of a DNS problem. Check /var/log/mail and see 
what it says.

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This is strange.  Today, two different clients called me telling me 
> that they are unable to send email from Outlook.  They keep getting 
> a message that their connection timed out when connecting to the SMTP 
> server.
> 
> I am at one of these clients' sites and when I do:
>   telnet 192.168.1.1 25
> it takes about 30 seconds to give me a response from sendmail.
> 
> I eventually get back:
>   220 www.homexcorp.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.11/8.12.11; Thu, 12 May 2005
> 11:55:22 -0500
> which looks like, but it takes a long time to get it.
> 
> I believe this is the source of the problem -- Outlook gives up when 
> waiting for sendmail to respond.
> 
> Any ideas what could be happening?
> 
> I find it strange that two separate people called me with the exact
> same symptoms on the same morning.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Neil
> 
> 
> --
> Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (214)986-3533, www.JAMMConsulting.com
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