[CentOS] slowness in sendmail - 60 second timeout

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:
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> from pagestation.com I can "ping devcentos5x64.msgnet.com" - this entry
> is in the /etc/hosts file on that machine.
> There is no official MX record for devcentos5x64.msgnet.com there is for
> pagestation.com.
>
> on pagestation.com I have the /etc/hosts entry and /etc/mail/access
> entry for devcentos5x64.msgnet.com
> Perhaps its an MX lookup timeout value.
>
>  I am looking for a timeout setting or a way to place an entry in a
> config file that says "I know this server or machine", trust it and
> dont delay. Is there such a setting?
>

Rebuild sendmail.cf on devcentos5x64.msgnet.com  to *not* use DNS.

See http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3/sf_highlight/configure+no+DNS#3.22

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