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Re: (ASCEND) 6.0.9 an E-Mail
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Stefan M. Brandl wrote:
> > > After upgrading 3 Max1800 from 5.0Ap51 to 6.0.9 (bi.m18) our users
> > > can't send larger E-Mails any more.
> > >
> > > It's possible to up-/download data via ftp, do WWW, receive megabytes
> > > of mail, but the users are unagble to send mails longer than some bytes.
> > > Mails with just 'test' or only some words in the body can be sent
> > > without problems.
> > >
> > > Any hints waht the problem can be?
> >
> > Hmm. This sounds very much like a packet loss problem. I don't know if
> > it's related to the new load (we only have 1 1800 running 5.0Ap27), but
> > you might want to try sending a hundred pings to every hop in between the
> > 1800 and the mail server. Any more than 1 or 2% packet loss will result
> > in those symptoms...
> >
>
> No, this shouldn't be the problem, because the Max1800 is the only hop
> between the user and the Mailserver and downgrading from 6.0.9 to
> 5.0Ap51 solved the problem.
> We have 3 Max1800 at 3 different locations and the probolem occurs on
> all 3 Maxen.
> With 6.0.9 everything works fine, exept sending E-Mails.
Actually, I was thinking that the new load might have the effect of losing
packets on the ethernet interface. But if you've already downgraded...
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