Re: Problem in mailserver.

["Kapil Sethi" <kapil.sethi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HI,

Also check out wether your mail server is being used by spammers, if your
mail server has a permanent ip address

Kapil Sethi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandip Bhattacharya" <sandipb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] Problem in mailserver.


> 1. Is your mail-server sending mails directly, or is it using a smart
> host?
> 2. Is your DNS setup correctly? nslookup a few domains to find out the
> time taken.
> 3. As root, run "sendmail -q -v" and check the progress of the mails
> as they are sent out.
> 4. Check /var/log/maillog for anything suspicious.
>
> - Sandip
>
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 01:43:54PM +0530, subashini.P merrily said:
> > Dear all,
> >       I have mail server with Redhat 6.0.It is working fine sometimes
> > back.But,now there is a delay in transmitting and receiving mails. The
> > problem I face is that there are always about 100 or 150 mails in the
> > queue. I would like to know whether the server is transmitting some
> > broadcasts out apart from the mails. If so, how to find it out and also
> > its size.
>
>
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> Sandip Bhattacharya
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