On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:12:13PM +0100, Dave Smith wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:55:49AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to discover why mutt seems to take so much longer to send an > > email after I moved my mail server to a different machine, > > It might be related to DNS lookup. Depending on the configuration of the > machine, it might try to look up the destination address to check that it > exists, before accepting the mail. If the machine is on an intermittent > (e.g. dialup) internet link, or the connection is slow, it might take > longer to do this.
I suspect it is a DNS lookup problem, but would like to confirm this before investigating further. I have an ADSL connection to the Internet which is reliable, so I'm not really sure why I should have a problem at all. Maybe the resolver isn't set up properly... > HTH... > > -- > David Smith Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > STMicroelectronics Home Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bristol, England -- John
