Yves Goergen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> for some time now I've noticed that every time my e-mail programme
> should connect to my mail server to send a message, it takes a few
> seconds while it says "Connecting...". I have no idea what this could
> come from. It happens every time, also when sending mail several times
> in a few minutes. Sending the message itself goes reasonable fast once
> it is connected. Any ideas where to start? Could it be a DNS issue? How
> could I find out?
>
> Here's my environment and configuration:
> Exim version: 4.62 (built from source)
> OS: Debian Linux 3.0
> DB backend: MySQL 5.0 (local server)
> Transport security: TLS
> MUA: Thunderbird 2.0, Windows XP, no firewall, DSL with NAT
> Spam filter: SpamAssassin, but not for authenticated mail like this
>
10 to 1 says it's one of the following options:
host_lookup, rfc1413_hosts, rfc1413_query_timeout
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