[plug] Small office email problems

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Sat May 18 12:47:53 WST 2002


> is set to drop, you need to set it to reject.  This *may* fix it.  I think
> that when sendmail connects to a mail server, the server will often try and
> do a reverse auth check on 113, and if you are simply dropping packets it
> will wait for a timeout before continuing.

Or, even better unblock port 113 and (correctly) accept those checks by
running identd. Its good manners and no significant security risk.

-- 
|  Craig Ringer
|  -- If it ain't broke, add features 'till it is
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