unable to establish an smtp connection

[Mark Lo]

Hi,

     I am using qmail as my smtp mail server and pop server, I have found
out something strange.  That is, qmail is not able to established an smtp
connection at the first time.  I didn't mean the mail never being send out,
but it has to be send out sereval times in order to get it delivered.  Is
this normal ??  If no, what causes this problem !!

status: local 0/10 remote 1/20
@400000003a91df743b68a804 delivery 45: deferral:
Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/

Thank you so much

Mark