Ok I took a tcpdumpt on a "delay" occassion, it takes about 22 seconds to send a small message with no attachments.. Will also monitor timeouts and send tcp dump of this.
r...@mail:/home/adnim1# tcpdump -n port 587tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decodelistening on eth1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes14:45:24.739260 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: S 1120612704:1120612704(0) win 65535 <mss 1260,nop,nop,sackOK>14:45:24.739284 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: S 1564312756:1564312756(0) ack 1120612705 win 5840 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK>14:45:24.739661 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . ack 1 win 6553514:45:24.750730 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 1:52(51) ack 1 win 584014:45:24.772773 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 1:20(19) ack 52 win 6548414:45:24.772824 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 20 win 584014:45:24.772946 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 52:227(175) ack 20 win 584014:45:24.774862 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 20:73(53) ack 227 win 6530914:45:24.779507 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 227:264(37) ack 73 win 584014:45:24.780315 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 73:125(52) ack 264 win 6527214:45:24.784075 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 264:278(14) ack 125 win 584014:45:24.784763 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 125:158(33) ack 278 win 6525814:45:24.785397 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 278:292(14) ack 158 win 584014:45:24.785987 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 158:164(6) ack 292 win 6524414:45:24.786068 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 292:329(37) ack 164 win 584014:45:24.788653 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 164:1424(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.788761 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 1424:2684(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.788781 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 2684 win 1008014:45:24.788866 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 2684:3944(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.788898 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 3944:4260(316) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.788911 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 4260 win 1512014:45:24.789005 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 4260:5520(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.789668 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 5520:6780(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.789684 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 6780 win 2016014:45:24.789777 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . 6780:8040(1260) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.789801 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 8040:8280(240) ack 329 win 6520714:45:24.789819 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 8280 win 2268014:45:42.009073 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 329:366(37) ack 8280 win 2268014:45:42.040078 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: P 8280:8286(6) ack 366 win 6517014:45:42.040138 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: P 366:381(15) ack 8286 win 2268014:45:42.040224 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: F 381:381(0) ack 8286 win 2268014:45:42.040513 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: . ack 382 win 6515514:45:42.113376 IP 10.0.0.175.15638 > 10.5.0.21.587: F 8286:8286(0) ack 382 win 6515514:45:42.113407 IP 10.5.0.21.587 > 10.0.0.175.15638: . ack 8287 win 22680 _________________________________________________________________ What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx