$author = "Matt Hyne" ; > > If I telnet to the POP port directly, I see that indeed the following > occurs: > > > telnet <my_machine> pop > Trying www.xxx.yyy.zzz... > Connected to <my_machine>. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK POP3 panda v2001.78rh server ready > > And it takes a good 20s before the +OK POP3 ... line is displayed. It is > not latency on the link - telnet/ssh is immediate. > > I though it might be because of the auth/ident protocol so I check I can > access this remotely, which I can. > > So I am at a bit of a loss to explain why this problem persists. Anyone > else seeing this problem too (machine is a RH7.0 box) ?
my guess is it is doing a reverse lookup on the IP you are connecting from and it is timing out. try 'dig -x AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD' on the redhat box, substituting in the IP of the machine you usually connect from... marty -- You need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
