Hullo, my first post. Trying to make it fully communicative and succinct. :)
My mail server is on a shared Linux host that I do not control. It is on Linux using Exim 4.52 and seems to be slow in letting me get mail. If i read the headers correctly "slow" being "half a day or so". In this sample I had my local mail host using fetchmail all of Monday until about 06:30 Tuesday, and then restarted fetchmail Teusday evening when I got home from work.
Header info:
>From friend@??? Tue Sep 5 16:56:39 2006
Return-Path: <friend@???>
Received: from my-local-host (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by mailclient.my-remote-host.com (8.13.7/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k85KtAt2013192
for <me@localhost>; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:56:39 -0400
Envelope-to: me@???
Delivery-date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:11:33 -0500
Received: from mydomain.com [XX.XX.XXX.XX]
by my-local-host with POP3 (fetchmail-6.3.4)
for <me@localhost> (single-drop); Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:56:39 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from my-remote-username by ahost.my-hosting-provider.com with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.52)
id 1GKLrS-0006lC-Ju
for me@???; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:20:07 -0500
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on ahost.my-hosting-provider.com
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_30_40,
HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.1.4
Received: from [XX.XX.X.XXX] (helo=mailhost.example.com)
by ahost.my-hosting-provider.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52)
id 1GKLrS-0006l8-EJ
for me@???; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:20:06 -0500
Other possibly relevant info:
1. I upgraded the OS on my local server. I *think* this problem started after that but I don't know for sure. Upgrade, in this case, means "wipe clean and start over".
2. My outgoing mail is also a little bit slower but I don't know if exim is handling that. I use Mutt 1.4.2.1i.
3. The hosting company is reporting issues with mail that they attribute to exim. When fetchmail gets my messages some are not flushed, maybe 1%. They say they clean out the mail from exim and things work better.
My privileges on the remote host are just as a user. What can I do to gather more information and work with my hosting provider to find a resolution?
ciao!
leam
