[CentOS] sendmail question
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 17:35:19 UTC 2009
Jerry Geis wrote:
>> My guess would be a resolving problem also.
>> Its usually what causes sendmail to slow down.
>> Check your /etc/hosts file
>> Dan
>>
> My /etc/hosts file is only has the "nameserver x.x.x.x" entry.
That should be in /etc/resolv.conf.
> the /var/log/maillog shows the entry right away when "mail" on the
> command line is done.
There should be an entry for submitting the mail and another for
delivering it.
> Again, this is mail originating on the the box and destination is on the
> same box.
What's the address?
> mailq always shows 0, even doing it repeatedly.
>
> the mail delivery is delayed exactly 2 minutes.
That's a few DNS timeouts.
> I have 127.0.0.1 localhost in the /etc/hosts file.
>
> Very odd, any thoughts?
Are you mailing to localhost?
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Les Mikesell
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