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Hi All,
I am running Lotus Domino 6.5 server and all of a sudden our emails are 8 hrs behind. I have made no changes to the email server for 2 months so I cant understand whats changed / caused this issue.
If I send a test from hotmail, Google and Yahoo some emails we will receive instantly but some will have a considerable delay on a real ad hoc basis. I have attached an example header
I am running Lotus Domino 6.5 server and all of a sudden our emails are 8 hrs behind. I have made no changes to the email server for 2 months so I cant understand whats changed / caused this issue.
If I send a test from hotmail, Google and Yahoo some emails we will receive instantly but some will have a considerable delay on a real ad hoc basis. I have attached an example header
Received: from mf0.mail.uk.easynet.net ([212.135.6.74]) by host.domain.com (Lotus Domino Release 6.5) with SMTP id 2008101511032310-211 ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:03:23 +0100
Received: from mailwall0.mail.uk.easynet.net ([212.135.6.25]) by mf0.mail.uk.easynet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kq1W1-00020J-3X for Person@domainremoved.com; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:13:57 +0100
Received: from bay0-omc1-s19.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.91]) by mailwall0.mail.uk.easynet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <testaddress@hotmail.com>) id 1Kq1VR-0001jf-Dy for Person@domainremoved.com; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:13:24 +0100
Received: from BAY126-W31 ([65.55.131.66]) by bay0-omc1-s19.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:13:19 -0700
$MessageID: <BAY126-W317A060B849531309FDA82B4300@phx.gbl>
X_Originating_IP: [86.18.176.58]
From: Christopher <testaddress@hotmail.com>
SendTo: "Person@domainremoved.com" <Person@domainremoved.com>
Subject: 9:19
PostedDate: 15/10/2008 09:13:19
Importance: 2
MIME_Version: 1.0
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I suggest you start checking there. They might have long delays or filtering issues.
Seeing that you haven't made any changes I suppose they make changes on a daily basis.
Had same issues previously.
Is your network traffic stable? Any new AV software or changes to AV on the mail server could also casue delays.
HTH
Seeing that you haven't made any changes I suppose they make changes on a daily basis.
Had same issues previously.
Is your network traffic stable? Any new AV software or changes to AV on the mail server could also casue delays.
HTH
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Will drop my isp a line tomorrow as i also think its down to them
I agree that this may be out of your hands, if you are using external SPAM filters, so check with them first.
Also see if there are delays with just email that has attachments, or even small text emails.
I hope this helps !
Also see if there are delays with just email that has attachments, or even small text emails.
I hope this helps !
A good way to test this will be to send email to a user on the same domain.
With other words an email which does not leave your mail server to ensure the delays are not on your side. If this is fast then you can be rather confident that you do not have any issues.
Also try Telnet to your mail server from the outside of the network on port 110 to ensure you reach the mail server without any network issues.
Telnet 'mailserverIP' 110
If it connects rather fast you know your network / firewall etc is cool.
With other words an email which does not leave your mail server to ensure the delays are not on your side. If this is fast then you can be rather confident that you do not have any issues.
Also try Telnet to your mail server from the outside of the network on port 110 to ensure you reach the mail server without any network issues.
Telnet 'mailserverIP' 110
If it connects rather fast you know your network / firewall etc is cool.
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Can you tell us what the exact problem was, and how it was solved?
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