Paul Schoonderwoerd wrote: >On Tuesday 02 May 2006 10:08, Andy Green wrote: > > >> Do the affected boxes have a proper hostname? >> >>cat /etc/sysconfig/network >> >>I seem to recall seeing that gnome complaint under such circumstances... >> >>-Andy >> >> > >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. > Hi All, /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost /etc/resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search BigPond nameserver 10.0.0.138 [ozboy at home-hehbbzsuy7 sysconfig]$ hostname home-hehbbzsuy7 The /etc/resolv.conf settings are correct. Cheers. Mark Sargent.