Re: [cobalt-users] XTR smtp mail server connectivity

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

David A. Kirk <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote


> XTR  been running for nearly two months. When email is
sent to my SMTP
> server  on  the  Cobalt  50%  of  the time it'll take over
1 minute to
> connect  to  the server. Outlook Express for example sits
there with a
> "connecting  to..."  dialog  for well over a minute. Then
it times-out
> and  you click on the "try again" and it goes right
through that time.
> One  Cobalt list member suggested that my reverse DNS was
wrong (using
> my  ISP's DNS) and he's checked it twice and both times
said that it's
> fine, on both of his DNS boxes. Using two different email
clients with
> the problem occuring with both so it's not a client issue,
and it sure
> is annoying.
>
> Anybody have any ideas on what to check for?

Your reverse lookup is not working.
Try nslookup your.ip.addr.ess
also try nslookup your.domain.tld
I'll wager neither one works.
Gerald