time trouble with POP and SMTP

[FabriceK]

I have to build a mailserver using qmail. I installed qmaill ( from the source ) exactly as the document "life with qmail" from www.qmail.org/ tell me to do. I use the Maildir format and tcpserver for running the SMTP and POP3 protocol. The server is working, I can send mail to the server and read them from the server. My trouble is that when a client is searching for new mails (using POP3) on the server it takes more than 1Mn 30s to connect the port 110 !!. I have the same trouble when I send a mail to the server( using SMTP on port 25) This trouble appears with all of the client I have ( Windows :using Outlook express, Netscape and Linux: using Netscape) This is all the more bizarre that currently the mailserver is only manage an intranet network. Do have I forget something ?? Or do something wrong ? Fabrice. PS: I'm french, so my English is not very good, sorry.