Mail takes a long time to connect to outgoing server

This has been touched upon in a number of threads but I'll post my own particular version in case anyone can throw any light on it.
When sending emails (Mail 3.6, OS10.5.8) it can take up to 1 minute for Mail to connect to the outgoing server. In the "Activity" window I get the message "Connecting to [server name]" for up to a minute, then finally Mail connects and the message goes through instantly.
This happens with any of three or four outgoing servers I have available. If I send another message immediately after the first, it is sent straight away.
I've tried the usual disk repairs, repairing permissions etc. I've thrown away Mail prefs and the Envelope Index etc. Tried with and without SSL. MY ISP can see no problem at their end and no problem with any of my settings, and other computers on the same network have no problem.
Anyone have any further ideas?
(I did post a similar problem in an earlier thread: in that case (OS10.4.11) mail would connect straight away but on sending the "100% complete" message would be shown for up to a minute. It is possible and even likely that the new behaviour is just a different manifestation of the same problem. Weird that it's still there after upgrading to OS10.5)
IanG

Hi,
This is a characteristic of some, but not all, ISPs, and not the SMTP itself. It involves DNS. See:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10391853&#10391853
Ernie

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Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
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I did some google searches and see that others have had this same problem and seem to indicate that they found UNC references to a now non-existent server, removing the references fixed the problem. We have looked and relooked and looked some more and canu2019t find any UNC references anywhere in the report. There has to be something there because the state of ADAPCOFP seems to be the key to how quickly the report opens up.
Where should I look for UNC references. We have Crystal that was delivered with Dynamics GP and 99% of our reporting is from GP.
Thanks !

Hello,
The issue is the reports are still looking for the original server because that server name is saved in the report file. You'll have to open each report up and do a Set Location to the new report. You'll need the same version of the REport Designer the reports were created in.
I suggest to call Dynamics and ask them how to update the reports.
Thank you
Don

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I am using database 11.2 on Linux x86-64 platform.
Using SQLPLUS (bequeath) to connect to the database as a particular user it takes a long time to connect and connecting to the database as any other user is instantaneous.
If I use TNS names and remotely connect to the database as the same user, it fails with following error
ERROR:
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Process ID: 0
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PROFILE RESOURCE_NAME RESOURCE LIMIT
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MONITORING_PROFILE SESSIONS_PER_USER KERNEL DEFAULT
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MONITORING_PROFILE CPU_PER_CALL KERNEL DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION KERNEL DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL KERNEL DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE IDLE_TIME KERNEL DEFAULT
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MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME PASSWORD DEFAULT
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Hi;
Please see:
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Regard
Helios

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