Might be an ident problem... What does tcpdump say? Do you block tcp/113? Ramin
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:12:20PM -0800, Gary Townsend wrote: > I have been having a problem with my Mail/Routing server. I'll try and > describe it in as much detail as i can. The internal mail clients, > outlook, eudora, netscape 4.x & 6.x, outlook express are timing out on > send unless they set their timeout to over 2 minutes. > > 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. > > The SMTP logs show connections adding up as if it connects but when it > tries to reply it gets nothing. SO the smtp connections are > incrementing. In fact because of the delay problem they are actually > getting close to the max connections i have set for the smtp. > > > Box Configuration: > Linux Mandrake 8.1 > Linux 2.4.8 > qmail installed using Life-With-Qmail directions. > iptables v1.2.2 > Disk Config: > /dev/sdb1 4.0G 396M 3.3G 11% / > none 251M 0 250M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda5 1.0G 4.0k 974M 1% /misc > /dev/sdc1 4.2G 1.6G 2.4G 39% /usr > ---------------------------------------------------- > Any ideas where i might look at the solution. > > -- > ============================================== > 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 > ============================================== > > >
