[Dovecot] Dovecot login slow

[Marc Perkel]

On 11/14/2013 11:32 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> Marc Perkel skrev den 2013-11-14 05:25:
>
>> My AUTH depends only on MYSQL. There's no DNS involved. At least not
>> that I can see there should be. So why would localhost take 10-15
>> seconds to do the login part and coming into the servers IP address is
>> instant. And in both cases the connection itself is instant. It's when
>> I type in the LOGIN command that the delay occurs.
>
> i cant see what in sql.conf here, never mind, but localhost is a 
> hostname so it needs dns to find the ip, change the hostname in 
> sql.conf to 127.0.0.1 or use socket file instaed of dns
>
> if that its, give me a hand ?
>

That would be understandable if the delay were connecting, but it's not. 
The connection is instand. And localhost resolves instantly. The delay 
is after I type in the login command. That's what I don't understand.