Re: Slow estmp response - TCPdump etc

On 2002.05.30 22:16 Philip Rhoades wrote:
> I haven't got a response from the list admin about my subscription but 
> while I'm waiting . .
> 
> In the last few days sending mail to a Linux server has starting going 
> very slowly - using:
> 
> 	telnet nsw 25
> 
> gives:
> 
> 	Trying 192.168.0.100...
> 	Connected to nsw.chu.com.au (192.168.0.100).
> 	Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> and about forty seconds later:
> 
> 	220 nsw.chu.com.au ESMTP
> 
> TCPdump shows a similar delay when tracking a test mail.
> 
> I can't think what I have done from the sysadmin side that might be 
> causing this but there must be a reason . .

Isn't the server doing some kind of IDENT lookup that really fails?

-pawel