On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Douglas Koobs wrote:
> [root@mail root]# telnet <ipaddress> 25
> Trying <ipaddress>...
> Connected to <ipaddress>.
> Escape character is '^]'. #I've waited over 10 min, no banner...
> ehlo mail.test.com
> mail from: looser@test.com
> Also, when I SSH to the server now, there is about 30 seconds between
> entering username, and being prompted for password... Maybe these are
> related? both worked fine before the move.... Thanks!
Yes. It's almost certainly a DNS lookup timing out.
Check your /etc/resolv.conf, and make sure the servers listed there are
reachable and responding properly. If the machine itself is running a
nameserver, check to make sure the firewall is permitting DNS traffic.
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