On 10/2/2014 8:30 AM, Bharath Chari wrote: > On 10/02/2014 04:59 PM, Eric Broch wrote: >> On 10/2/2014 1:32 AM, Bharath Chari wrote: >>> On 09/25/2014 06:44 PM, Bharath Chari wrote: >>>> On 09/25/2014 05:50 PM, Eric Broch wrote: >>>>> Hmmmm. Is it always exactly one minute from begin to end? That would >>>>>> appear to indicate some timer cutting out. It could be spamdyke >>>>>> closing the session depending on your idle-timeout-secs= value. I'm >>>>>> guessing 60, which is probably ok. I've upped mine to 180, and I >>>>>> don't >>>>>> recall exactly why I did that. Wouldn't hurt to bump it up I >>>>>> suppose. >>>>>> >>>>>> Still, the other end should have replied to your 220 message >>>>>> before 58 >>>>>> seconds elapsed. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if there's a routing table misconfigured somewhere along >>>>>> the >>>>>> way. I've seen instances where an errant routing table entry can >>>>>> cause >>>>>> every nth packet to get dropped along the way. Are you seeing >>>>>> reliable >>>>>> pings over a period of a minute or so? If not, I'd suspect a network >>>>>> issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> At this point, I'd guess that QMT may be terminating a little soon, >>>>>> and there's also a network problem somewhere along the way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Again, just a guess. >>>>>> >>>>>> P.S. Nice to see such accomplished people as Tonino and Bharath >>>>>> helping out. Thanks guys! >>>>>> >>>>> No, it is not always one minute, sometimes it is up to thirty seconds >>>>> longer. I don't think spamdyke is closing the session as my >>>>> idle-timeout-secs is set to 480, and I don't recall either why I set >>>>> mine so high. While telnet(ing) to their host on port 25 initially >>>>> and >>>>> it is 'trying' to connect, I can open another terminal and run the >>>>> same >>>>> telnet command and I'll get their greeting right away. >>>>> >>>>> I agree, their host should have replied faster than 58 seconds after >>>>> the >>>>> SMTP greeting, unless the greeting is never getting to there host. >>>>> There >>>>> host does not have ICMP protocol turned on. I could ask them to do >>>>> so. >>>>> >>>>> If I have spamdyke set to terminate after 480 seconds what else >>>>> would be >>>>> terminating the connection? >>>>> >>>>> And, ditto. Thanks for the help Tonino and Bharath!!! >>>>> >>>> Thanks hardly required. The problem still remains :( >>>> OK, since you're having a problem even when doing a RAW telnet (the >>>> initial connection), the MTA related issue can be ruled out for now. >>>> However, it would be great if you could telnet from ANOTHER network >>>> and see if the pattern remains the same (of the initial connection >>>> being slow, and the next connection being fast). >>>> >>>> Are you doing the telnet using IP or hostname? Let's rule out DNS >>>> lookup related issues. >>>> >>>> Bharath >>> @Eric Broch: Curious to know how this issue panned out. Did it resolve >>> itself? >>> >>> Bharath >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>> >> Bharath, >> >> And, also, it doesn't matter whether I use the hostname of the IP >> Address same results. >> >> I can telnet on port 25 to the problem host from [an]other location(s) >> and it works just fine. >> >> > There you go. There's probably nothing you can do from your end - it's > most likely a firewall at their end. However, as a last ditch test, > can you also try to telnet to port 25 on their mail server from > ANOTHER machine on the same network as the QMT machine. > > Wishing you the best :) > > Bharath > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > Thanks again, Bharath
I've done that too (from ANOTHER machine on the same network) with the same results--delay or no connection at all. Eric --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
