Thanks for the suggestion, Chris. Yes, I am running tcpserver. DNS-wise,
the box has very basic DNS records, just enough to know itself. The
forwarder is set to isp's name server which is one hop away. This is a lone
Linux in a predominantly NT environment and I am trying to tansition some
services to Linux as everyone seems breathless about stability. I have DNS
running on NT4 and DEC VMS. NT4 & DEC contain records for lan hosts. On
the client-side, name-resolution doesn't seem to be a problem; receive just
flies! It is only on the send side that it crawls.
jean
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:56 PM
To: JK
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slow connection on send & Server connection closed
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 03:49:06PM -0800, JK wrote:
> I have a Linux 6.2 box with qmail, bind8 and apache on it. It was
installed
> by a Linux consultant. It is currently in pre-production stage with very
> low traffic; 30 send/receive per hour at most. My beta-testers on lan
> complain of two problems.
>
> 1. From the time <Send> is clicked in Netscape 4.75 on NT, and the
> completion takes 15-20 seconds. Size of email makes no difference. Most
of
> the time, Netscape simply says "Connecting to server". Then, in a flash,
> it's sent.
>
> 2. Some of the Netscape users complain that they frequently get error
> message indicating that there may be network problem or server may have
> closed the connection.
>
> Can someone tell me where to begin to look to troubleshoot this?
This question comes up every three minutes or so on this list. The reason
this
happens is that the you're waiting for either a DNS or an ident request to
time
out.
To solve your problem, investigate the -R, -H, and -l (that's dash ell)
options
to tcpserver (assuming you're using tcpserver, which, if you're not, you
should
be). If it's a DNS request that's timing out, you might also investigate the
cause of the DNS failure.
Chris
