Re: {bb} weird problem with smtp

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 02:15, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> 
> I had to reboot both off them (I had to move the rack they are in)
> and the reboot "solved" it.
> 
> They are reporting fine now.

Ouch!

> I never like this kind of solving as one doesnt know what the problem was,
> I had not changed anything on both for a while. I dont think it could
> be a cable, cause that would report faults on more then one service.

Gremlins; Dust puppies; Feng Shui; Non of the above.

> BTW, with one hop I mean they are next to each other, meaning
> they are connected via a cross cable.

If by "cross cable" you mean the type which is used to connect
one network card directly to another (also sometimes known as a
"virtual net cable"), I'm afraid that I don't really see the
point. The network interfaces which are used for this connection
would be exclusive and wouldn't represent what anyone else would
see. Your mail server would need another interface in order to
do anything useful and, if that interface developed a problem,
BB wouldn't be in a position to notice.

I realise that it's more than likely that I've just misunderstood
the situation, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Apologies
in advance if that is the case.

Cheers, Phil.



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