hi both m/c are dell dual xeon 2.8 with 2 gb ram
ips below are allocated for dns server by our isps. the slow machine is slow at the third stage ie sending message. it is fast during the stages -- connecting, authorizing slow machine -- bocacom, florida nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 199.237.48.5 nameserver 199.237.48.6 fast machine -- theplanet, texas nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 216.234.234.30 nameserver 70.84.161.10 nameserver 70.84.160.10 rajesh ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:15:15 -0700 >24x7server wrote: >> hi >> >> both machines use normal port 25 > >/var/qmail/control/blacklists could be the difference then. Are these files >the same on both machines? > >> however i noted one more point >> on the second machine when we send email to some domain within the same >> machine then it is fast. > >That's to be expected. qmail-send passes the message off to qmail-local >instead of qmail-remote. Sounds like qmail-remote is where the sluggishness >is. This doesn't make sense though, as the smtp session of the sender (MSA >session) is complete by that point. > >> mails to email ids on remote domains is slow in the "sending message" stage > >This is sounding more like a DNS problem. I'm guessing now that it's slow >looking up MX records of recipient domains. > >Is there a DNS cache working on each machine? >What's in the /etc/resolv.conf in both? > >> also i have one more question -- is it possible to disable spam scanning for >> mail submission. i do not wish scan my authenticated users for spam, however >> i wish to maintain virus scanning > >TTBOMK, that's the way the toaster presently operates. When a client >authenticates, RELAYCLIENT is set (which I'm guessing tells simscan not to >scan for spam?). You should see this reflected in the smtp log. > >It'd be good to have your clients use port 587 for submission if that's >feasible. > >> thanks >> >> rajesh m >> >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:38:21 -0700 >> >>> 24x7server wrote: >>>> hi >>>> >>>> we have two different type of installations of qmail toaster on two >>>> different machines >>>> >>>> m/c 1 >>>> redhat enterprise 3 >>>> qmailtoaster without using db for vpopmail >>>> >>>> m/c 2 >>>> fedora 4 >>>> qmailtoaster using mysql mysql 5 db for vpopmail >>>> >>>> both m/c are enabled in the same way with smtp authentication and checks >>>> for virus / spam before sending emails by domains hosted on the servers >>>> >>>> we find that in m/c 2 >>>> while using outlook express there are three stages >>>> 1) connecting >>>> 2) authorizing >>>> 3) sending message -- slow >>>> >>>> the speed of smtp sessions for the first two stages are similar in both >>>> machines but in the third stage the m/c 2 takes around 7 seconds where as >>>> the m/c 1 sends the message instantly. >>>> >>>> this delay gets troublesome for clients who use mail exchangers for a >>>> large no of email ids. >>>> >>>> any idea what the reason could be ? >>>> >>>> rajesh mahadevan >>>> >>> RBLs? >>> Is either machine using submission (587) port? >>> Is /var/qmail/control/blacklists the same on both? >>> >>> -- >>> -Eric 'shubes' >>> > > >-- >-Eric 'shubes' > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
