Thanks Jake, I'll check with the server co-location provider. Google and Yahoo have servers here in Malaysia, it shouldn't be that slow. I'm also going to add more NS to the domain. Do you think it will help? Currently, there's only 2 NS.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Jake Vickers <j...@qmailtoaster.com> wrote: > Peter Tan wrote: > > I'm using djbdns. > > 2 lines in resolv.conf: > > search myservername.com > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > dig qmailtoaster.com > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> qmailtoaster.com > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47062 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;qmailtoaster.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > qmailtoaster.com. 86400 IN A 216.81.238.95 > > ;; Query time: 1301 msec > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) > ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 2 19:50:32 2009 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 50 > > > dig google.com > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18032 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;google.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > google.com. 300 IN A 74.125.67.100 > google.com. 300 IN A 74.125.45.100 > google.com. 300 IN A 74.125.127.100 > > ;; Query time: 261 msec > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) > ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 2 19:52:01 2009 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 76 > > dig yahoo.com > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> yahoo.com > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2661 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;yahoo.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > yahoo.com. 21600 IN A 209.131.36.159 > yahoo.com. 21600 IN A 209.191.93.53 > yahoo.com. 21600 IN A 69.147.114.224 > > ;; Query time: 130 msec > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) > ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 2 19:53:38 2009 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 75 > > Pop3 and SMTP slow during session/transfer, especially with attachments. > > > Either you have a real slow Internet connection, or something is going on > with your DNS. > The item to note is the "Query time". For qmailtoaster.com I get 20ms. For > google.com I get 15ms. For yahoo.com I get 5ms. I tried from 3 other > servers as well (spread across the United States, on both coasts) and the > highest result I had was 70ms. > Your best one was 130ms, and Yahoo runs a *fast* DNS network. > > Try doing a file transfer on that machine as well - if everything is slow > then you may have a network issue or some other underlying issue. > >
