ISSUE:When mail software tries to send an email to your domain, upon issuing the SMTP "RCPT TO" command, there is an extremely long delay.
CAUSE:
This happens because the mail server is trying to do a DNS blacklist lookup on the sender of the email and for some reason the DNS lookup is taking a long time.
LIKELY CAUSE:
Most likely the DNS blacklist service that you are using such as
http://dsbl.org/ is no longer in service. This is causing your timeouts.
LIKELY RESOLUTION:
Remote the offending DNS Blacklists from MailEnable. To do that:
1) Click on Start > Programs > Mail Enable > Mail Enable Administrator
2) In MailEnable expand MailEnable > Servers > LocalHost > Connectors. Right-Click on SMTP and select "Properties".
3) On the DNS BlackListing Tab remove all "DSBL" entries and click "OK".
Your issue should be resolved.