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[hasrin]

Hi,
I've got this problem when people try to use e-mail client to read their e-mail. For example, if someone using Pine in Linux to connect to mail server. Sometimes it will display a message as below

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If the user use other email client such as Outlook..the application will freeze a while..and then its OK again... Is it about network? or the server itself? i dont think the mail server is overloading as when i look at the proceses.. nothing worng..

anyway.. we got Solaris 7 as e-mail server running sendmail .. and the client either Redhat Linux using pine or elm.. others like windows and mac user running Outlook or Eudora.. pls advice on how to tackle this problem? Thanks in advanced

 

[bluegroper]

Basically sendmail is an MTA, mail transport agent. It accepts and delivers mail on port 25.

Your MUA's (mail user agents) pine, outlook, eudora, etc, need to talk to an MDA (thats mail delivery agent) mostly on port 110.

Do you have an MDA running, eg IMAP or whatever? Check with ps. I think IMAP actually works as both a POP3 and IMAP MDA, at least my RH version does.

Hope this helps point you towards a solution.

 

[hasrin]

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. Both IMAP & POP3 is running OK... this problem only happend from time to time.