[linux-help] Re: sendmail - delay

[Weqaar Ali Janjua <wxjanjua@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
 Naa naa thats not a trouble for me:) ...send me some detailed info on your 
machine like:
1) security configuration(/etc/hosts.allow and deny, tcpwrapper , ipchains, 
any other firewalling, etc)
2) services running.
3) no. of interfaces, any virtual IPs and eth devices, etc
4) machine is running under protection of an external firewall or a 
packetfiltered router???
5) info about internal LAN machines.
Then I'll be able to exactly figure out!

>===== Original Message From linux-help@xxxxxxxxx =====
>Hi Ali,
>yes I tried disabling as you said its not working still.
>Ok if it is this Inetd problem why is there no delay when I remove the
>network cable which connects
>the mail server to the internet.
>When that cable is removed this time outs in the client machines doesnot
>appear.
>And my second problem is if it is with the Inetd why is it that the clients
>who get connected to this server
>through the net from the net doesnot have this problem.This problem occurs
>only for the clients inside the network only when the  mailserer is
>connected to the internet.
>sorry for troubling.
>Sudharsha.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Weqaar Ali Janjua <wxjanjua@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:27 AM
>Subject: [linux-help] Re: sendmail - delay
>
>
>>
>>Hi Sudharsha,
>>    The parameter for sendmail.cf is "Orident=0" , well ur problem is not
>>exactly with sendmail, its with pop/110 and more precisely Identd is
>creating
>>the problem. Identd is the server that helps to properly identify you on
>your
>>(or someone else's) Linux workstation. identd operates by looking up
>specific
>>TCP/IP  connections and returning the user name of the process owning the
>con-
>>nection.   It  can  optionally  return  other  information instead of a
>user
>>name, refer to the URL:  http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/identd.html
>>for more info or "man identd" !
>>Your pop daemon is configured(I suppose) to use identd, whenever a client
>>connects to the pop process, it looks for the Ident process running on the
>>client to grab more authentication info other than the username/passwd,
>most
>>of the clients dont run identD so the identD waits for response from the
>>client, according to the timeout value, and then timesout.
>>Did u try disabling/shutting down IdentD on your machine???
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>>A DREAM IS A GOAL WITH A DEADLINE!
>>Weqaar Ali Janjua
>>B.S.Computer Engineering
>>WSU
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>>
>>>===== Original Message From linux-help@xxxxxxxxx =====
>>>Hi Ali,
>>>thank you for your information.
>>>I tried disabling oriden=0;
>>>but un fortunatly it doesn't work
>>>what are the man pages you are refering to?
>>>can you tell me in more detailed way pls
>>>We have a deadline by sat day.
>>>we are using send mail 8.9.3
>>>what should I do with these inetd(8)/inetd.conf(8)
>>>its not clear to me can you explain.
>>>pls help me
>>>
>>>Thank you .
>>>Regards,
>>>Sudharsha.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Weqaar Ali Janjua <wxjanjua@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:54 AM
>>>Subject: [linux-help] Re: sendmail - delay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>   Well this problem is not with sendmail as port 110 is used by POP(by
>>>default) not by SMTP. Disabling IDENT should solve ur problem. Disable
>>>identd
>>>on ur machine and maybe u have to make some changes to the following
>>>conf/files:
>>>The easiest way is to read the following manpages but disabling identD
>>>should
>>>work:
>>>- inetd(8)
>>>- inetd.conf(8)
>>>- hosts_access(5)
>>>- tcpd(8)
>>>Its a better idea to disable ident with sendmail. If u r not using
>sendmail
>>>8.6.5 or earlier try diabling IDENT by putting the following line in ur
>>>sendmail.cf and restarting sendmail:
>>>
>>>Orident=0
>>>
>>>Let me know if it helps or not.
>>>Regards,
>>>Weqaar Ali Janjua
>>>B.E.C.E
>>>WSU
>>>
>>>>===== Original Message From Sudharsha <adithya@xxxxxxxxx> =====
>>>>Hi,
>>>>Thanks for the reply.
>>>>yes my problem is we setup a mailserver using sendmail.
>>>>the pop server is Qpop.
>>>>now when we connect to the mail server from the clients machine to check
>>>mail
>>>>using eudora or outlook express it takes a very long time to
>authonticate
>>>and
>>>eudora goes on a time out.
>>>>but this is only from the internal network.
>>>>Once you come through the inter net to chek mail on the same server it s
>>>ok
>>>no time outs.
>>>>When telneted to the 110 port server replys quickly
>>>>Then when i enter the user it replys ok quickly but when i enter the
>>>password
>>>it takes a very very long time to authonticate the password.
>>>>we have two network cards in this one is a direct Ip and the other is a
>>>local
>>>ip both cards goes to the same hub as well.
>>>>we also have Ip masq enable on this.
>>>>so when we remove the network cable from the internet ip assigned
>network
>>>card the internal clients can chek mail with out no problems at all.
>>>>now the clients are configured to connect to the locall ip as the SMTP
>>>server.
>>>>Hope I have given enough details.
>>>>pls reply me soon.
>>>>thanks again.
>>>>regards,
>>>>Sudharsha
>>>>Sudharsha Adithya Wijesinghe.
>>>>Customer relationship officer.
>>>>Datamini Lanka (pte) Ltd.
>>>>adithya@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
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>>>A DREAM IS A GOAL WITH A DEADLINE!
>>>Weqaar Ali Janjua
>>>B.S.Computer Engineering
>>>WSU
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>>Weqaar Ali Janjua
>>B.S.Computer Engineering
>>WSU
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