On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:12:37PM -0700, Abbe DeMoss wrote:
> Hiya.
>
> I'm having a problem with SMTP connections to my mailserver, particularly
> those from Outlook, which simply are not working no matter how long I set
> the SMTP timeout to be on the client end. If I manually connect to my mail
> server (telnet mail 25) I get a 'Connected to..' immediately -- that's
> inetd -- but then the next line '220 blah blah ESTMP' doesn't come up for
> somewhere between 30 and 120 seconds. However, if I do it locally --
> (telnet localhost 25) I get an immediate ESMTP response.
Wow. Been on the list long? This is the number one (IMO) FAQ for qmail.
It's been answered at least once _today_. Please try to lurk a little
longer next time. It's frustrating to everyone to answer the same
question constantly.
>
> I'm running inetd -> tcpd -> tcp-env -> qmail-smtpd. This is on a mandrake
> 7.2 box.
>
> from my inetd.conf :
>
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /usr/sbin/tcpd /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>
>
> I've also tried this with a -R argument to tcp-env to keep it from doing
> ident lookups, and this has made no discernable difference.
You need to stop if from doing a reverse DNS lookup, most likely. IMO
this is best achieved with tcpserver*. Go forth and read:
http://www.lifewithqmail.org/
If that does not get you up and running tcpserver & qmail-smtpd, plus
setting RELAYCLIENT properly, within 15 minutes of reading and
understanding, then you need more help than anyone can give. :)
*1. The reverse lookup might not be for the client -- it might be for
TCPLOCALHOST.
*2. I hate inetd. I've hated it for years. Most people on this list
don't like it either, and don't use it. I've forgotten anything useful
about inetd.
--
Greg White
