Simon Billis sent a missive on 2010-02-08: > Jerry Geis sent a missive on 2010-02-08: > >> I am sending an email from my machine devcentos5x64. the transcript >> below (hangs for 60 seconds) at the line: MAIL >> From:<root at devcentos5x64.msgnet.com> SIZE=56 >> AUTH=root at devcentos5x64.msgnet.com >> >> The email succeeds - but I am trying to figure out the 60 second delay. >> Neither email server is busy. Nothing is waiting. >> >> the DNS on both machines point to the same nameserver. The DNS >> responds very fast when looking up server names. >> >> What else can I look for to remove the slowness or delay? >> >> jerry >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> date | mail -v -v -v -v geisj at pagestation.com > geisj at pagestation.com... >> Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay... 220 devcentos5x64.msgnet.com >> ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:02:15 -0500 >>> EHLO >> devcentos5x64.msgnet.com 250- devcentos5x64.msgnet.com Hello localhost >> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING >> 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250- DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 >> 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> MAIL From:<root at devcentos5x64.msgnet.com> >> SIZE=56 AUTH=root at devcentos5x64.msgnet.com 250 2.1.0 >> <root at devcentos5x64.msgnet.com>... Sender ok >>> RCPT >> To:<geisj at pagestation.com> >>> DATA 250 2.1.5 >> <geisj at pagestation.com>... Recipient ok 354 Enter mail, end with "." on >> a line by itself >>> . 250 2.0.0 o18F2FMV002336 Message accepted for >> delivery geisj at pagestation.com... Sent (o18F2FMV002336 Message accepted >> for delivery) Closing connection to [127.0.0.1] >>> QUIT 221 2.0.0 >> devcentos5x64.msgnet.com closing connection [root at devcentos5x64 src]# > > Check your DNS resolution settings - it may be dns timeout. Sorry to be more specific - make sure that devcentos5x64.msgnet.com is resolvable.