Jerry Geis wrote: > >> 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. You still haven't answered how long nslookup takes to respond with these or your IP addresses. I think sendmail will ask DNS for an MX record first because that's how mail is supposed to work - then if that fails it goes for an A record or your hosts file. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com