[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail slow to respond

[Neil Aggarwal]

Jay:

That was the problem.  Strange since it was working
yesterday without a problem.  I don't understand
it since I did not change anything.

Thanks,
	Neil


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org 
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf Of Jay Urish
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:44 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail slow to respond
> 
> 
> Hmmm is that the internal interface?
> 
> Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> > Jay:
> > 
> > My laptop is on 192.168.1.10.
> > 
> > If I go to the Linux machine and type
> > dig -x 192.168.1.10, it take about 10 seconds and
> > gives this output:
> > 
> > dig -x 192.168.1.10
> > 
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> -x 192.168.1.10
> > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> > 
> > Could this be a problem?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 	Neil
> > 
> > --
> > Neil Aggarwal, JAMM Consulting, (214)986-3533, 
> www.JAMMConsulting.com
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> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org 
> >>[mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf Of Jay Urish
> >>Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:50 PM
> >>To: brad angelcyk; NTLUG Discussion List
> >>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail slow to respond
> >>
> >>
> >>I'm telln ya'
> >>Its gotta be DNS.
> >>Neil,
> >>
> >>Take the first host in resolv.conf and do a nslookup <host IP>
> >>
> >>That will fire up nslookup and tell it to look at that IP for name 
> >>resolution. 10bux sez it just times out.
> >>
> >>
> >>brad angelcyk wrote:
> >>
> >>>How long does it take to restart the sendmail process?  I had this
> >>>same problem, and just restarting the process would take a good
> >>>minute.  Fixing DNS/hosts got it working like it should, though.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On 5/12/05, Neil Aggarwal <neil at jammconsulting.com> 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
> >>
> >>>>FREE! Valuable info on how your business can reduce 
> >>
> >>operating costs by
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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