Re: [Exim] Strange delays in connecting

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Author: Konrad Michels
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Strange delays in connecting
Thanks for all the responses folks - the rfc setting seems to sort it
out!

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:26, Rene Küttner wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:06:19AM +0000, Konrad Michels wrote:
> > Morning folks
> > Ever since I've setup our mail hub in our iptables protected DMZ, I've
> > noticed that there is a significant delay getting a response back from
> > exim once connected to port 25. Telnetting to port 25 gets a fairly
> > instantaneous "Connected to" message, but the Mail serer response after
> > that could be anywhere up to 30 seconds!
> >
>
> looks like a dns reverse or an ident lookup
>
> > Telnetting to port 25 on an identical Exim installation on the local LAN
> > (ie no firewalling between me and the exim), the connection and response
> > is instantaneous. What this suggests to me is that exim is trying to do
> > something in that delay period for the machine behind the firewall,
> > which the firewall is evidently not allowing. Question is what this is
> > though.
> >
> [...]
>
> regards
>
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> René Küttner                     NetKom GmbH, Administration
> rkuettner@???      Gewerbepark Mockritz, 04720 Döbeln

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