thank you it was a dns problem my apologies for disturbing the list. Scott Gifford wrote:
>Gary Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >[...] > >>I tried a raw connection to my mail server internally on port 25 and >>it was 2 minutes before i got the SMTP header. I tried this exact same >>experiment from my web server to my mail server on their external IP's >>and it worked instantly. >> > >This is the most common question on the qmail list. Look through the >archives at: > > http://www-archive.ornl.gov:8000 > >for some good answers to it. > >It probably involves ident and/or DNS, but others have answered it >better than I can, and with good instructions for testing and >diagnosing it. > >Good luck, > >----ScottG. > > -- ============================================== Gary Townsend Database Developer / Internet Services Administrator Spatial Mapping Ltd. 484 2nd Avenue Prince George, BC, Canada V2L 2Z7 http://www.spatialmapping.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 250 564 1928 fax: 250 564 0751 ==============================================
