On note #3, I imagine changing to a 2.6 kernel has to do with the entropy pool in /dev/random as it differs in 2.4 from 2.6 Scott Andy Fiddaman wrote: > 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 > > > !DSPAM:46e702a881421849679482! > > > ---- 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
