That is what I thought, but using "nslookup {ipaddress}" I get immediate
responses.
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From: Ben Strawson [
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:50 AM
To: Terry Shows
Cc: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim SMTP response
Most likely because exim is trying to do a reverse DNS lookup for your IP
address to obtain the hostname, and it's timing out. 30 seconds it
exactly what I see when this happens.
Ben.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Terry Shows wrote:
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> Why would my Exim SMTP send out it's initial response very slowly. I can
> telnet to the port, and after about 30 seconds, it will finally give me
the
> initial banner.
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> Thank You
> Terry Shows
> terry.shows@???
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