Thanks Jens, I finally got it working. I removed the localhost line in /etc/hosts and it works! I have got an empty hosts file now. I wouldn't have figured it out without your help.
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > These timeouts are likely due to sendmail trying to resolve domain names > (specifically, names which can't be > resolved). Trying making a 'fake' domain for yourself and setting the host > mapping in /etc/hosts, ie. > > 1.2.3.4 kuifj.mydomain.nl kuifj > >Robert-Jan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have installed sendmail, but when I use newaliases I get (after aprox. 2 > > minutes) the following warning: > > > > WARNING: local host name (kuijf) is not qualified: fix $j in config file > > /etc/aliases: 6 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 86 bytes total > > > > Sendmail is very too. All sendmail actions (starting up, sending mail) take > > about 2 minutes each. > > > > All help is appreciated, > > > > Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven > > ---------------------------------- > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED]