[hobbit] SMTP and FTP Services Red

[Geoff Hallford]

I tried putting all IP's and hostname's into their respective hosts files
and changing the resolution order but it didn't help. It appears the server
on the far side is just plain slow to respond with a 220. The only thing
that would help is if I can set the time delay (wait 15 seconds before
failing). I think this would be a good feature to have if it doesn't exist
already.

Thanks anyways.

On 11/29/06, PNIXON at ci.somerville.ma.us <PNIXON at ci.somerville.ma.us> wrote:
>
>  Did you try putting an entry for Hobbit server into their hosts files?  I
> think the delay is from the Server trying to do a reverse lookup on the IP
> Address.
>
>
> You may also have to change the order in which they resolve DNS....
>
> in /etc/nsswitch.conf (or whatever is appropriate for your distribution)
>
> change from
> hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
> to
> hosts:      files nisplus nis dns db
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Geoff Hallford [mailto:geoff.hallford at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:46 PM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* [hobbit] SMTP and FTP Services Red
>
>  Hello,
>
> On a few of our servers the SMTP and FTP services are RED but when I
> telnet to them, they do show the proper 220 status good. They are quite slow
> to respond though, taking sometimes 10-15 seconds. Is there anyway to get
> Hobbit to pause and wait for this? If not, how long does it wait before it
> shows a red status?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Geoff Hallford
>
>
>



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