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RE: [cobalt-developers] slow FTP logins - RAQ3

We have been having the exact same problems with slooow email and slow/timed out FTP connections on the virtual sites we have set up on a dedicated RAQ3 which we host at a tier one ISP.
As it turns out, we did have a problem with our reverse DNS lookup (how does this happen and how do we stop it from happening again???, which the ISP recently fixed, but that did not seem to fix the problem(s).
Would some kind soul please tell us how to work the web site directions below for the RAQ3? We need to have this resolved before we lose clients because of it. 

Thank you VERY much!

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At 03:59 PM 5/9/01 -0500, you wrote:

Thanks for the link. So, if I understand this all, the problem most likely
lies in my ISP. I tried an nslookup and it came back right away. Nameserver
stuff seems setup correctly.

But the mail is still sluggish on sending. This is an on-again/off-again
problem.

So, how do I follow the directions from the web site? I know I'm using
version 8.10... of sendmail. Which of the many .mc files is the one used by
a Qube 3? Is there a GUI setting I can use?

WEB SITE DIRECTIONS:
---------------------------------------------------
To test this (pre-8.7.y sendmail), set the IDENT timeout to zero using:

define(`confREAD_TIMEOUT',`Ident=0')dnl

in the .mc file used by m4 to generate your sendmail.cf file. Alternatively,
if you don't use m4, you can put ``OrIdent=0'' in the configuration file (we
recommend the m4 solution, since that makes maintenance much easier for
people who don't understand sendmail re-write rules, or after you've been
away from it for a while). Either way, this will completely disable all use
of the IDENT protocol.

For version 8.7.y sendmail (and above), you should instead use:

define(`confTO_IDENT',`0s')dnl
--------------------------------------------------
So, here are what I think are the steps, but I hesitate to try it, fear of
breaking things, you know.

1) Add "define(`confTO_IDENT',`0s')dnl" to cobalt.mc in general options area
2) "Build"
3) reboot
4) have zippy mail

Thanks for the help!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald
> Waugh
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:39 PM
> To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] slow FTP logins
>
>
> Pierre Maloka <pmaloka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>
> > I get the same thing on a Qube 3 with e-mail. I use
> Outlook to check my
> > email, and I get timeouts about half the time. Rather than
> use my domain
> > name, I use my local IP address, so I can't even blame the
> "Internet" for
> > this one. Any ideas?
>
> If you do nslookup ip.add.re.ss what happens?
> sendmail will still do a lookup on the ip.add.re.ss.
> Takes time for failure, then it will go ahead and
> deliver the mail anyway.
> Try sendmail FAQ at
> http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.12
> Gerald
>
>
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