> > 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. > Your right. it is - my typo. > >/ 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. > > mailq -Ac only shows the submitting entry. > >/ Again, this is mail originating on the the box and destination is on the > />/ same box. > / > What's the address? > > I did a "useradd panel" then "mail panel" and entered my text. its all on the local machine. I do have a .procmailrc file that just matches subject and forwards that onto another app. This works fine. Its just delayed by 2 minutes. > >/ 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? > I tried: mail panel mail panel at localhost mail panel at localhost.localdomain mail panel at machine.domain.com (insert actual machine and domain) All the above have the same slow 2 minute delay. This is odd. Jerry