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. > > the /var/log/maillog shows the entry right away when "mail" on the > command line is done. > Again, this is mail originating on the the box and destination is on the > same box. > > mailq always shows 0, even doing it repeatedly. > > the mail delivery is delayed exactly 2 minutes. > > I have 127.0.0.1 localhost in the /etc/hosts file. > > Very odd, any thoughts? > > If you don't have DNS running on the box, try adding the machine name to your hosts file Example: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localdomain your-machine-name-here Dan