Topic: Qmail local routing,,

[Monty]

We recently migrated a client to Windows 2000 and are using the SME 5.2 server, among other duties, as the mail server. We replaced an Exchange Server, chalk another one up for Open Source, and are having some trouble with the latency of interoffice emails arriveing to the Outlook client. The latency can reach 4.5 minutes. How can we check to see if the messages are going out to the ISP and then routed back. If that is happening, how can we make interoffice emials go directly to the interoffice mail box without passing SMPT or collecting 200 secounds.

[Duncan]

You could take a look in your /var/log/maillog and /var/log/qmail/current logs.

Regards Duncan

[Nathan Fowler]

I would also take a look at one of your "delayed" messages and look at the full MIME header.  By doing so you can retrace the routing path and determine if you are routing outside of your local network.  I would then look at creating a "Virtual Domain" or updating your "Local Networks" to include this domain, so it is treated as local, without the need for external routing.

Hope this helped,
Nathan

[chris meredith]

If your clients where using Outlook in Corporate/Workgroup mode to connect to the exchange server it was constantly checking for new mail.  If you have switched to internet mail only then it will only check for new mail at a set interval, the default is 5 minutes I believe.  If the user is not used to being in internet mail only mode they will not have changed that setting, and might not know to hit the Send/Recieve button to check their mail manually.

Just a thought.

[Pierre Coetzer]

Hi there

Make sure your local domain is specified in /var/qmail/control/locals