I would expect courier itself is having problems doing the reverse lookup...
iirc, courier doesn't use your local resolver, so it does its own DNS. Try turning off revser lookups and or ident - see where your problem lies. There was discussion about this before, Sam wanted performance in the reverse lookup - of course if the firewall restricts outbound queries or doesn't do stateful allows on outbound UDP you could have a problem. Unless you need it turn it off? If you need it, figure out couriers port symantecs and modify your firewall? m/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Holmstr�m > Lars > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 2:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [courier-users] delay in HELO response > > > I have a 0.44.2 installation on a RH8.0 with webmail, imap, pop3 and a few > more modules. > > My users, and myself, have no problem using pop3, imap and > webmail, but when > sending mail via SMTP I got a long delay before the mail actually is > recieved by courier. > > My LAN has no firewall. I have verified the DNS setup, including > the reverse > lookup, and can not find any obvious problem. > > I used tcpdump to watch the traffic between the mailserver, the client and > the DNS. > > I can see that it takes approx 2 sec to forkl a new process, do the ident > and the DNS lookup, but then nothing happend for about 2 minutes. > This is as > far as I understand before the mailserver respond with its > ID_string and is > ready to recieve the HELO ? > > If I connect to port 25 via telnet I got exactly the same behaviour. From > where the tcp-session is established (looking with netstat) until the > mailserver print something in my telnet window it takes more than > 2 minutes. > > Can some one direct me to where to look for the problem and possibly give > some good advice ? > > /Lars > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
