I would assume that the clients do not have RDNS records and that the SMTP server has 
DNS lookup enabled.  If that is the case then there is a delay as the server asks the 
DNS server to resolve the IP.  You can turn off DNS resolution in the SMTP server 
settings.

Regards,

Howie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:41 AM
Subject: [iMS] delays in sending emails from clients


> 
> 
> Howie,
> 
> We are experiencing something like 30 second delays when sending emails 
> from our POP clients. This happens from Outlook Express and Eudora.
> 
> Looking at the SMTP debug logs shows that the transaction only takes a 
> couple of seconds. On the client side I see the client waiting on the EHELO 
> [?SP?] for the 30 seconds.
> This did not happen with my previous installation of IMS, so I am guessing 
> some setting has to be tweaked.
> 
> DNS reports that the A and PTR records for the mailserver are in sync and 
> make sense.
> 
> Since I see no delays in the SMTP debug logs, not sure where to look next?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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