----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Brooks, BCS Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: Delays in POP3 response
> Hello,
>
> When connecting to the POP3 and SMTP servers there is a delay before the
> "+OK" response. This can be easily shown by using telnet to connect to the
> POP3 port (using an IP address, so no name lookup).
>
> The maillog shows:
> Aug 8 11:54:14 server pop3d: 965692454.925054 tcpserver: pid 990 from
> 192.168.1.122
> Aug 8 11:54:36 server pop3d: 965692476.984864 tcpserver: ok 990
> :192.168.1.1:110 :192.168.1.122::1136
>
> tcpserver has started pop3d at 11:54:14, the OK is not sent until
11:54:36.
>
SNIP
Perhaps tcpserver is exhibiting its default behaviour of trying to look up
the logging in user with identd, or trying to reverse-resolve the host IP.
Play with the options -H and -R for tcpserver to discover which is the
problem (it may be both).
