On Tuesday 02 May 2006 10:45, Mark Sargent wrote: > 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. Try putting an entry for home-hehbbzsuy7 with the ip-address in /etc/hosts. Possibly also add the Fully Qualified Domain Name (fqdn) in there, something like 192.168.1.5 home-hehbbzsuy7.snow.email.ne.jp home-hehbbzsuy7 Is the dns-server really reachable on/via 10.0.0.138 ? Try 'dig ns.nl.net' and see if it resolves to 193.78.240.1. Check the last four lines of the output of this command for te query-time and the server which was queried. -- Paul Schoonderwoerd Pollux IT - Open Source & Netwerkbeveiliging tel: 0294-283832 http://www.Pollux-IT.nl