If it's only smtp and it's always the same 40 second duration DNS may be the culprit. Doesn't sound like a network thing to me.
On 5/11/10, Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> wrote: > I have found on numerous occasions that delays of 30 seconds or so can > often be attributed to failing DNS lookups. IOW, if your mail server > is configured to do a reverse DNS lookup on IPs connecting to it, and > if those IPs are not properly reversed, you can get delays like this. > Might be completely unrelated, but I thought I'd throw it out there. > > Craig > > > Quoting Terri Kelley <net...@farm-market.net>: > >> Me sending out (and customers) from our clients. I have a bandwidth >> management unit that works in conjunction with our billing server. I >> am beginning to wonder if that is where it is since I don't have QOS >> running. >> >> Terri Kelley >> Network Engineer >> 254-697-6710 x 1140 >> Farm to Market Broadband >> www.farm-market.net >> >> >> This email message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above, and >> may contain, together with any attachment(s), confidential information >> that >> is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you >> have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, >> forwarding, printing, copying or distribution of this message and any >> attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. >> >> >> >> >> On May 11, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> >>>> From you to the server or server out? >>> >>> On 5/11/10, Terri Kelley <net...@farm-market.net> wrote: >>>> Yep, seems just smtp. Slow sometimes, not always. Takes up to 40 secs >>>> sometime to send an email out. No issue that I can see on the server. >>>> >>>> Terri Kelley >>>> Network Engineer >>>> 254-697-6710 x 1140 >>>> Farm to Market Broadband >>>> www.farm-market.net >>>> >>>> >>>> This email message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above, >>>> and >>>> may contain, together with any attachment(s), confidential information >>>> that >>>> is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that >>>> you >>>> have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, >>>> forwarding, printing, copying or distribution of this message and any >>>> attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 11, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is only SMTP slow? Is your queue/bandwidth full? Is the server POP >>>>> fine? >>>>> >>>>> On 5/11/10, Terri Kelley <net...@farm-market.net> wrote: >>>>>> Nope, right list. wondering if anything would cause this in default >>>>>> routeros. No QOS etc that I have set. >>>>>> >>>>>> Terri Kelley >>>>>> Network Engineer >>>>>> 254-697-6710 x 1140 >>>>>> Farm to Market Broadband >>>>>> www.farm-market.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This email message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above, >>>>>> and >>>>>> may contain, together with any attachment(s), confidential information >>>>>> that >>>>>> is privileged. 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