>I would guess it is either a DNS issue (where some part of your DNS or >your ISPs DNS is setup wrong causing lookups to fail, etc.).
heh heh, never guessed the ol' keyboard trick, eh? :-) > Or.. more >than likely, the ISP uses an MTA that does a auth (ident) check. This >means their mail server will try to connect to yours on port 113 to see >who is running the mail processes. This one is more interesting to me. These days, how common are MTAs that do this check? Is ident one of those services that security-conscious admins are always saying to turn off, or is that advice overkill? > This can be especially slow if you have >a fireall or something that simply drops packets destined for that port >(instead of instantly replying with a port closed message). I might can understand why dropping packets doesn't help the situation, but does the "instant reply with a port closed message" cause the checking MTA to be satisfied and proceed at speed? >There are a number of ident daemons for the Mac. I actually just run the >old "Daemon" from Peter Lewis (of Anarchie/Interachie fame). Sounds like a recommend. I expect the security implications for Mac are relatively low, as is typical? Stefan Jeglinski ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
