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Old 06-29-2001
SMTP Banner response sloowww
When I telnet to my smtp server (port 25) it takes almost 30 seconds for the banner to appear.

I have checked and the server isn't busy (at least from what I can tell)

Any ideas?

# 2  
Old 06-29-2001
is that one of the ports you have to hit enter twice on? cant recall.

could it be network lag?
# 3  
Old 06-29-2001
No network lag I am able to telnet to the other smtp server that resides on the same subnet.

I have tried hitting enter, only to get:
500 Command unrecognized

Once the banner appears...
# 4  
Old 07-02-2001
Found the problem to be in the sendmail.cf configuration file.

The "Local Domain Name" section was incorrectly defined.

Thanks for all the help,

Don
 
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