On Monday 28 May 2012, Gora Mohanty wrote: > On 28 May 2012 23:27, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <r...@linux-delhi.org> > wrote: [...] > [snip] > >> Should normally not be needed, as all the webapp has > >> to do is to hand off to sendmail/postfix. However, this > >> might be a problem if the webapp is sending > >> <shudder>HTML mail</shudder>, and is taking time to > >> render this abomination. Sad to say, I am now party to > >> such desecration of what god meant email to be. > > > > Different problem. This delay is definitely due to the mail > > server. > > Even after he fixed hostname issues? Sorry, while I do > joke about such things, I do appreciate being educated. > I *am* serious here.
Whether you're handing off to a sendmail process, or making a port 25 connection to localhost (or your smart host), your web app will typically wait until either sendmail returns or the receiving MTA has successfully sent a "250 2.0.0" response back. There could be any number of things slowing down the mail server. Some examples: 1. 'net-based spam/virus checks. 2. Slow DNS. 3. Slow 'net connectivity. 4. Lack of separation into MSA/MTA. 5. Load on the system itself. 6. Some bad configuration option. You really need to look at each individual case and figure out where the bottleneck is. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
