thanks for your answer. I forget to say that i use another pc to filter the incoming access and there is no particular filter to port 113 because i know the problems it create with wu- ftpd. Thanks again ciao Scrive Derek Benson <derek@its.uq.edu.au>: > If you block auth port 113 with a deny instead of a reject then > sendmail > will hang for quite some seconds as it trys to connect back to your > machine > on that port. Changing firewall rules to reject will solve this. > > hope this helps > derek > > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Tobias Schaefer wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:26:09 +0200 (CEST) > > From: Tobias Schaefer <T.Schaefer@science-computing.de> > > Reply-To: pam-list@redhat.com > > To: pam-list@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: Pop Auth wery slow > > > > Hi Christian, > > > > > 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 : > > > > the first thing that comes to my mind is host name resolving. > > > > Check in /etc/nsswitch.conf for a line like this: > > hosts: files nis dns > > > > If you do dns name resolving you should check /etc/resolv.conf: > > Are all nameserver entries valid? These entries are processed in > > sequence: If the first nameserver is unavaillable it waits (half a > minute) > > and then takes the second. If that fails (half a minute) the third > is > > checked. > > > > > > Tobias > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Derek Benson | > Infrastructure Management | Tel: +61 7 336 53690 > Information Technology Services | Email: d.benson@its.uq.edu.au > The University of Queensland | http://www.its.uq.edu.au > ================================================================ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list >
