On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > It's probably the identd lookups (there's an option to turn them > > off). > > I'm lost as to why this defaults to on since: _If_ identd is disabled, nntpcache should be getting a connection refused and be continuing immediately, not hanging round. The only time I've seen things hang about is when machines don't send back a RST or when a firewall has eaten the identd request or reply. AB
