Did you try putting an entry for Hobbit server into their hosts files? I think the delay is from the Server trying to do a reverse lookup on the IP Address.

You may also have to change the order in which they resolve DNS....

in /etc/nsswitch.conf (or whatever is appropriate for your distribution)

change from hosts: db files nisplus nis dns to hosts: files nisplus nis dns db

From: Geoff Hallford [mailto:geoff.hallford at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:46 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] SMTP and FTP Services Red

Hello,

On a few of our servers the SMTP and FTP services are RED but when I telnet to them, they do show the proper 220 status good. They are quite slow to respond though, taking sometimes 10-15 seconds. Is there anyway to get Hobbit to pause and wait for this? If not, how long does it wait before it shows a red status?

Thank you very much for your help.

Geoff Hallford