On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Rick Kunkel wrote: ; # telnet mail 143 ; Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx... ; Connected to mail. ; Escape character is '^]'. ; ; And then it just kinda sits. Sometimes, after 30 seconds or so ; ; * OK mail Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.13-Debian-2.2.13-10 server ready Generally this kind of delay is due to one of the following things: o DNS problem The reverse DNS lookup is timing out for the client, or the server interface (if using virtualdomains). o Insufficient entropy for sasl When a lot of users are connecting, sasl can block because it hasn't enough entropy - recompile SASL to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random. o Linux 2.6 kernel Some people have reported this with Linux 2.6 and solved it by reverting to 2.4, I haven't seen any details on exactly what the problem is though.. HTH, A. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
