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[pitchford]

My FTP connection is extremely slow! My HTTP, SSH, mail is all normal... Why would my FTP connections get slow? I haven't done anything to the FTPd, other than change the location where site admin go...

Thanks in advance!

Tommy

[Mike the newbie]

Sometimes a slow FTP is caused by reverse-DNS lookups timing out.

[pitchford]

How do I correct it? Do I need to add or remove entries? We recently switched ISPs; but use the same box. The only thing I can think of is that the reverse-DNS is looking at my old IP address...

How do I correct this, or will the bugs work them self out in a matter of time (not optimal)

Can I just recreate all the reverse lookup records in my DNS server? (optimal)

Thanks!

[technoart]

If you want to reverseDNS lookups OFF in ProFTPd, then add the following two lines to the very end of the proftpd.conf file:

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

The proftpd.conf file is found in the RaQ3's etc dir (I can't say for sure if this is the same on RaQ4's, etc.)

Note that it's a good idea to BACKUP your original config file before making changes.

[pitchford]

Whlie reviewing some config files I found where my ISP was using their DNS server; so I switched it to my DNS and it started working properly! Imagine that!

Now I just have to solve my email problem...

Thanks!

Tommy