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.
