I had a similar problem with FTP and SendMail. First thought it was a DNS issue - not returning reverse lookups. Turned out to be ipchains blocking DNS lookups. Try a /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipchains stop and see if it goes away. If it does, then restart ipchains and work on your rule sets. >>> cris_pam@sistemalinux.it 09/05/01 10:26AM >>> Hi to all List, i have finally installed my redhat mail server (7.0) but i have a little problem. When i retrieve the mail from the pop3 server i must wait a lot for the user auth. The log files don't report any error because the mail is correctly retrieved and sent. Is there someone who had the same problem? I see that something similar happens to wu-ftpd. What i should check : PAM ? XinetD ? Sendmail ? Imap2000 ? thanks to all in advance all helps would be appreaciated bye, Cristian Marchionni _______________________________________________ Pam-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list