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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.unicomp.net!tk.org!grutz From: grutz@tk.org (Kurt Grutzmacher) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with mail in 2.1R (and 2.0R!) Date: 12 Feb 1996 22:01:15 GMT Organization: TK Consulting - Dallas, Texas Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4fodbb$csv@news.unicomp.net> References: <4fnrut$bfa@news.unicomp.net> <4fo8c6$ahd@atlas.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tk.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tom Samplonius (tom@uniserve.com) wrote: : In article <4fnrut$bfa@news.unicomp.net>, grutz@tk.orgˆ says... : > : >I can't exactly say WHEN this problem started happening but I know it seems : >to be around the time we upgraded from 1.1R to 2.0R and it has persisted : >when upgrading to 2.1R and all permutations of sendmail. : > : >the error: : > : >Feb 12 10:07:28 tk sendmail[787]: JAA00787: SYSERR(root): collect: read timeout : >on connection from listserv.cnet.com, from=<owner-dispatch@LISTSERV.CNET.COM> : > : >Mail never gets through and sendmail will sit and sit and wait and wait : >until eventually it does timeout. : What brand of terminal server is at the other end of your 28.8k : SLIP line? : My guess that the terminal server is choking on CSLIP headers & TCP : extensions. Try plain SLIP (not CSLIP). We are using regular SLIP (not CSLIP) and hope to try PPP as soon as I have the time to fiddle with it. I'm not 100% certain what our ISP is using for a terminal server but i'll see if I can find out. I haven't had a problem with any other protocol (http, ftp, pop, telnet), just smtp .. --- Kurt Grutzmacher, TK Consulting http://www.tk.org/~grutz Provider to the penniless individual, http://www.tk.org/ non-profit organizations, and clubs grutz@tk.org