[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Confused



On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Craig wrote:

> When i telnet to port 25 from my desktop machine to my
> secondary mail server (sendmail), the time period is almost instant,
> however when i telnet from my primary mail server outside
> my firewall to my primary mail server (exim) there is a noticeable
> delay.

Do you pass ident (port 113) through your firewall ?  I know sendmail
allows you to configure the timeout on ident requests, exim may as well.

-- 
Rick Nelson
Microsoft is not the answer.
Microsoft is the question.
NO (or Linux) is the answer.
(Taken from a .signature from someone from the UK, source unknown)



Reply to: