Re: [Exim] SMTP timeout while connected to <host>

I've run into similar identd timeout problems. Even if you don't want to allow idents to go through for security reasons, you should reject the connection instead of blackholing it (like many firewalls do). This will (hopefully) allow their server to get on with the SMTP conversation instead of just waiting for a response.

Of course, this is all my opinion, and I'm just an amateur network admin. If anyone with better credentials wishes to disagree, I'll look forward to reading the flame err.. I mean response. ;)

Daniel


On Tue, 22 May 2001 20:27:30 -0400, Tabor J. Wells wrote:
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When I connect from another host which is behind a firewall, it also
responds but takes about 60 seconds to do so (probably timing out on
identd requests).

If you have a firewall in front of your mail server, check your firewall
logs to see what traffic you are receiving from grex or the network it's
on. Perhaps you are being a bit too agressive in your filtering.

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-- Daniel Einspanjer, daniel-ml@??? on 05/23/2001