Thanks Fred.
I will check the DNS entries again . But it does not seem to be the case.
The connection to that mail server is instant as i send normal mails
through that sometimes and it works very fast. .
I agree on the 15 s time for the mail to travel but my server takes a
minute to flush the queue.The problem is strange.Is there not an setting
that can increase or decrease the time out for the mail flush queue.
Thanks
Amit Vadehra
Fred Lindberg wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:25:47 +0530, Amit Vadehra wrote:
>
> >.. the queue of the mail being sent remains for as long as 3 min.
>
> Look in the mail log to see what happens. I send mail to Sweden and get
> a reply within 15 s
> (MUA->qmail->qmail->ezmlm->qmail->qmail->pop3->MUA). Something is
> wrong.
>
> Does qmail attempt a delivery right away? Is it busy with other
> deliveries (concurrencyremote)?
>
> DNS: Ping looks for an A record, mail for an MX record, then an A
> record. If you have the server in /etc/hosts, ping doesn't need DNS,
> but mail does. Are you running a local named?
>
> Normally, qmail-send wakes up as soon as a mail enters the queue, and
> starts a connection for delivery. It doesn't look for bandwidth. It
> attempts to initiate a connection. If it fails, it may wait. Also, your
> ISP may do a lot of things to delay. For some sendmail installations,
> it takes minutes to verify an address. It may also try to do a ident
> connection to your machine, etc.
>
> This is _not_ normal qmail behavior.
>
> -Sincerely, Fred
>
> (Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)
