Re: [exim] Delay when connecting to send mail

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Autor: Alain Williams
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To: Paul Mwiu
CC: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] Delay when connecting to send mail
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 01:32:23AM -0800, Paul Mwiu wrote:
>
> I had the same problem for a week now and i just figured out something that
> may be you can try and see if it works.


Delays like that are often symptomatic of DNS problems.
Does the reverse lookup of your IP address stall ?


>
> Bugzilla from eximX1211@??? wrote:
> >
> > 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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