ipfwadm and smtp connections

[m* <mark @ novare . net>]

hey all,

i have implemented a firewall using a 486/DX2 running linux ver. 2.0.6.
with reat success with one exception:

smtp connections through the firewall to our mail server are 
ridiculously slow, like 25 seconds before the connection and xfer
completes. needless to say, this is unacceptable.

all of the other protocols handled by the f-wall are not affected.

any ideas? right now i'm suspect of the mail host.

thanks,

m* 

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