On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:49 +0100 Nick Douma <n.do...@nekoconeko.nl> wrote:
... > To further elaborate, when I send a message in Thunderbird, I notice > that the "sending message" dialogue spends most of its time in the > "Looking up server" stage. After that, the mail itself is sent in a > split second. > > Did something change in the way Debian handles DNS lookups since Lenny? Without knowing what you tried, it's difficult to know what to suggest, but here are some things to consider: I) Try different DNS servers (perhaps OpenDNS) II) Try a DNS cacher (dnsmasq) III) Do something simple, like 'dig somesite', from the command line, preferably repeatedly, and report the response times (dig itself will report ';; Query time: n msec') Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
