One possible explanation: the mail server that you're connecting to might be trying to perform a reverse DNS lookup on your IP address, but can't reach a name server, or the name servers aren't responding. The mail server will wait for a response, eventually time out and then usually continue with the session. 20-30 seconds seems common as a timeout for this kind of situation.
Another possibility: your mail client might be trying to make an SSL connection to the server, but the server won't accept the connection. Eventually, your mail client may time-out and then fallback to a conventional (non-SSL) connection. I'm not sure that this is a likely explanation, but it came to mind because I'm dealing with this exact situation right now.
Eric Chevalier
Rob wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had any ideas. When I first installed RH8 my email client could connect quickly. Have done some RHN updates since and now it says logging in, hangs for like 20 secs, then finally checks mail. Does same while checking email. Is there a reason why it's causing it to hang and take longer to check email?
Thanks, Rob
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