[vchkpw] SMTP Auth delay...can it be sped up ????

[Allie D]

I'm running vpopmail-5.4.9, netqmail-1.05, and Bill Shupp's TLS + SMTP-AUTH 
patch. It runs great...but the delay is bordering on grueling. No matter what 
the client is it takes a goods 10-20 seconds to send mail. The server is >2G 
P4..so it's not the server. Is it the patch...or something else ??? Thanks in 
advance ;)