Hi Stephen,
I remember that it's a hostname problem (more precisely a name
resolving issue). If sendmail can't contact the configured dns server to
resolve your hostname, it will wait (hang if you like) until the dns query
times out. If you look at /var/log/messages you *should* see sendmail say
it can't get the local name.
You should put your hostname + ip in /etc/hosts/
Also ensure that your /etc/resolv.conf is setup correctly.
TIP: I prefer qmail. It's hassle-free and extremely easy to configure + it
delivers mail very fast!
regards,
Didier
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On 29 Aug 2003, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> I've literally changed nothing on a server I just installed/setup for a
> customer, but for whatever reason, SENDMAIL and SM-CLIENT hang for
> upwards of five minutes when booting the machine - and as well, in using
> FETCHMAIL to grab the customers' email, it doesn't seem to get tossed to
> the proper mail box...
>
> Is there anything I can check that I've obviously missed - I'm far from
> being anything but a hack with SENDMAIL, and have never really had a
> problem like this...I've rebuilt the M4's and the entire configuration
> of SENDMAIL and it still sits and hangs...
>
> TIA
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