RE: [cobalt-users] [Qube 3] Mail Sending Problem

["Brian R. Poppenwimer" <popper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

->------Original Message-----
->-Hi,
->-The first thing I'd try is to re-recreate the problem more 
->-frequently if
->-possible. Try from one of the affected users machines, and 
->-telnet to the
->-qube's port 25
->-(on an ms system, just start > run and type in telnet 192.168.0.1 25)
->-See how quickly it responds and issue a HELO command and see 
->-how long it
->-responds.
->-This helps you determine whether it is indeed the network/sendmail on
->-the Qube or whether it's the windows client slowing up on 
->-its connection
->-time.
->-
->-Andy
->-http://www.linuxnetworking.co.uk/
->-

	Had tried that, but did it again just for the hell of it, it
takes from about a minute to 2 minutes for it to start working so I can
type in the HELO command

Here is the ps showing that it is starting up but sitting there for a
while.  It goes into startup almost immediately, but then sits there for
a while.

root     29048  0.0  0.9  2492 1228 ?        S    10:00   0:00 sendmail:
accepting connections
root      4574  0.0  0.9  2508 1260 ?        S    11:46   0:00 sendmail:
startup with 192.168.1.76

And then after about 1 to 2 minutes you can see it goes into command
mode, or however you title it in the sendmail world. =)

root     29048  0.0  0.9  2492 1228 ?        S    10:00   0:00 sendmail:
accepting connections
root      4574  0.0  1.2  2652 1552 ?        S    11:46   0:00 sendmail:
server [192.168.1.76] cmd read
admin     4673  0.0  0.3  1208  416 pts/2    S    11:48   0:00 grep
sendmail

Thanks, any more things to check?

---Brian R. Poppenwimer
---popper@xxxxxxxxxx

->-
->-
->-> -----Original Message-----
->-> From: Brian R. Poppenwimer [mailto:popper@xxxxxxxxxx] 
->-> Sent: 05 October 2001 3:18 PM
->-> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
->-> Subject: [cobalt-users] [Qube 3] Mail Sending Problem
->-> 
->-> 
->-> Hey,
->-> 	I am having an odd problem with a Qube 3, it has just 
->-> started recently within the last couple of weeks, Users at 
->-> random times will get timeout messages when trying to send 
->-> mail.  No problem checking mail, but sending timesout.  
->-> 	Where should I start looking for this problem.  This 
->-> server had been running for a couple of months prior to this 
->-> without a problem.  It is has about 75 users, really only 
->-> about 25 actually use it.  It is acting as a gateway, dhcp 
->-> server and dns server and email server.  I will hopefully be 
->-> unloading the gateway and dhcp server duties by next month.  
->-> Is it handling too much?  What can cause this type of 
->-> timeout, and why is it so intermittent, it will work for a 
->-> while and then cause problems for a while.  What settings 
->-> should I be looking for.  I monitor this list closely, and I 
->-> have gone through the archives and the Cobalt knowledgebase 
->-> and looked through everything that looks faintly familiar. At 
->-> a loss, ---Brian
->-> 
->-> ==========================================
->-> Brian R. Poppenwimer, CNE, MCP
->-> popper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
->-> Director Of Computer Operations
->-> Nelson & Pope
->-> www.nelsonpope.com
->-> 
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