[NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3

[Neil Aggarwal]

Bob:

I am using nameservers provided by my ISP and they are
OK.  I checked /etc/resolv.conf and it looks right to me.

Thanks,
	Neil.

--
Neil Aggarwal
JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases


> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of Bob Byron
> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 6:49 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3
> 
> 
> I did have this exact problem.  In my case, the nameserver in 
> /etc/resolv.conf was invalid.  My server is running DNS, so may
> nameserver entry points to itself.
> 
> Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neil Aggarwal" <neil at JAMMConsulting.com>
> To: "NTLUG" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 12:16 PM
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3
> 
> 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I just set up a Linux box Running RedHat 7.3 to act as a mail server.
> > When I try to download my email from Outlook on my Windows box,
> > it take a long time to connect and start downloading my email.
> > Everything works, but it just sits for a while first.
> > 
> > Reading some articles on the web, I think it is a timeout of
> > either reverse DNS or identd, since the machine I am checking
> > from uses an internal IP address that wont resolve for
> > reverse dns and it is a windows box that does not run identd.
> > 
> > I tried following some instructions I found that told me to edit
> > the /etc/xinetd.conf file and /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 files to remove
> > items from the log_on_success lines, but that did not
> > help.
> > 
> > I check my firewall, it is not a problem since I tried diabling 
> > it as well.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Neil.
> > 
> > --
> > Neil Aggarwal
> > JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> > Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> > 
> > 
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