From: Donncha O Caoimh (donncha.ocaoimh at domain tradesignals.com)
Date: Tue 17 Aug 1999 - 10:53:37 IST
John McDonnell wrote:
>
> Morning.
> just a couple of q's about the mail server I've set up here.
> Background:
> machine: 486 running debian/smail uses fetchmail -p ETRN to collect mail
Not sure about mail problem..
> Other problem: Connecting to the machine is slow (either with a mail
> client
> or telnet) is slow. from telnet I get:
> Trying 192.168.1.4...
> Connected to mail1.manganbros.ie.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> for a while and then a connection.
> any ideas?
Could it be a DNS thing? Have you a local dns server? Or is the hostname
of the machine setup properly? (in /etc/hosts)
Donncha.
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