Which IOS version are you running -- there were some problems with the
fixups in some of the older PIX software.
-sjk
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Roy Rapoport wrote:
>
> About a week ago, we migrated a big chunk of network from an outdated
> configuration where the mail system was protected by a 3620 with NAT and no
> port-blocking to a PiX 520 running 5.3. The IP address remained the same,
> of course, both internally and externally, and we (duh) opened port 25 for
> mail.
>
> Upon reviewing our mail logs for the last week, we found an interesting
> thing: Mail transmission errors (the ones that get flagged with 'timeout
> waiting for input from <X>') increased in frequency DRAMATICALLY. As in,
> this last week we had 1250 of these errors; on average, for the three weeks
> before that, we had 2.3/week of these errors. Mail quantity has not
> drastically increased (41% up from average), but that doesn't explain a
> 53,648% increase in errors.
>
> Does this strike bell? Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try to
> debug this?
>
> Thanks,
> -roy
>
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