On 02/05/06, Paul Schoonderwoerd <paul at pollux-it.nl> wrote: > > This sort of timeouts is usually due to nameresolution problems, either it's > own name or other names, and Sendmail relies heavily on it. > As I recall RedHat is known for not putting a proper entry for it's own name > in /etc/hosts, so check this. Also check the output of the 'hostname' > command. > Then check that the entries in /etc/resolv.conf point to the right > dns-servers, either your internal dns-server(s) or your isp's. > Seconded that. If your /etc/hosts is empty then add something like: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost youserver.yourdomain yourserver You may ad more lines including other servers in format "IP ServerName.Server.Domain" One IP may have more than one name. Of course starting bind also is a help as by default it is set for cahing name server. HTH. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux