On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Jim Pazarena wrote:
>
> I am trying to find out why locally generated emails take so long to be
> accepted by my mail server. Most clients connect via a local intranet,
> with their MUA being anything that mac/windows/linux can throw at it. I
> do not have SSL on the smtp side, and I do not run local smtp traffic
> thru spamassasin. Yet sending an email (even this one which I am
> composing) can take several seconds before to be accepted by the
> server, even AFTER seeing the "connecting to .. sending" message from
> the MUA.
>
> There are several CLI testing flags (like -bh, -bt), but these are on
> the CLI and wouldn't really provide the same info which a local smtp
> connection would, or _would_ they?
>
> I am wondering if there is any way to check where the delay in
> accepting the email may be?
>
> Thanks.
>
My guess is either DNS resolution delays or rfc-1413 (finger) timeout.
Run exim in debug mode (check spec.txt), send an email, and see where exim
takes a long time.
(busy at work, else I'd be more verbose)
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Dave Lugo dlugo@??? No spam, thanks.
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