Dan Carl wrote: > 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 > > Sorry formatting issue it should all be on one line 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localdomain your-name-here Dan