this sounds like a named service problem to me. make sure that your mail
machine is listed in your /etc/hosts file on the client machines....and vice
versa.

mg

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-postfix-userspostfix.org
[mailto:owner-postfix-userspostfix.org]On Behalf Of Harry Terkanian
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:16 PM
To: postfix-userspostfix.org
Subject: Slow send from email client

Hello All:

I am new to postfix and am having a problem with long
delays in sending mail from workstations on my LAN.
All email clients are Netscape Messenger. Postfix
runs on a Debian box (Pentium 133) on the same
segment. Volume is low 20 to 50 messages per day from
4 or 5 users. The Debian box shows negligible
utiliation (typically less than 2%). Few other
services run on it (ipchains, dhcp dns, that's about
it). No file, web or print serving, etc. When we
send email there is a long delay, commonly 60 to 90
seconds while the workstation says "Status:
Connecting; Contaction host [server name]" There are
occasions whe there is no delay but they do not occur
in a discernable patern. It does not matter if the
email destination is internal or not, nor does size
seem to matter.

Any thoughts?

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