[Tfug] mail problem

[Choprboy]

On Monday 05 November 2007 13:14, Jeffry Johnston wrote:
> Interesting.  I've also been suffering from slow SSH connecting.. maybe it
> also has something to do with DNS (although that'd be strange as I am using
> the IP address, but who knows what all ssh is doing behind the scenes,
> guess I should download the source sometime)
>

sshd does a reverse lookup of the IP you connect from on the start of a new 
session. If DNS is not working (an invalid/unresponsive server, etc.) you 
will see a 10-20sec delay in connecting.

Adrian