From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 19 17: 4:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D1A37BD4F for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:04:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from martyg@sympatico.ca) Received: from martingignac ([64.228.225.185]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA13610; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:07:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <006b01bfaa5b$f659f660$b9e1e440@martingignac> From: "Martin Gignac" To: , References: Subject: Re: Sendmail delays when receiving mail Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:04:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try this link: http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.12 I had a similar (if not identical) problem with my sendmail and the suggested fix resolved the problem. -Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 15:09 Subject: Sendmail delays when receiving mail > > > Hello Everyone -- thanks for your help in advance. > > I'm running FreeBSD4.0Release. When receiving mail from other smtp hosts, > sendmail seems to delay when the smtp connection is opened. The mail > eventually is delivered, but not without delay. I can tell this by > sending mail to the freebsd server, then watching "ps aux" until the mail > shows up. > > On the other hand when I'm sending mail from the freebsd server to another > mail host, it is immediately delivered. > > Thanks > joel@pibervision.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message