iirc (no guarantee here), sendmail spends a long time timing out if any of your network interface addresses do not properly reverse-resolve to names. i had the problem and found the solution after pouring through /usr/share/doc/sendmail-whatever.
in your case if you put your name in /etc/hosts, but your address is coming from dhcp, sounds like they won't properly be a match. Rob Yale wrote: > Hi, > > When I finally got X Windows running for the first time, I was getting > an error about the host name that my dhcp server was providing being > unknown. Furthermore the error suggested that this might cause internet > problems. As suggested, I put the hostname in the /etc/hosts file, and > Gnome boots up flawlessly now. > > Unfortunately a new side effect has begun happening; sendmail takes > forever to give me the '[OK]' on bootup. > > Any suggestions? > > Rob Yale _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
