From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 15 16:27:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8326E16A417 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from diri.bris.ac.uk (diri.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27EA713C4D5 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by diri.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JQ3PQ-0000yZ-Ez for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:48 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.184.33]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JQ3PP-0001fb-Pk for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:32 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1FGRDAQ045594 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:13 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m1FGRDup045593 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:13 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:13 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080215162713.GA45570@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Score: -1.3 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: mailq takes 25 sec to respond X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:50 -0000 On my ds10l alpha sendmail seem to work fine with the exception of very long wait time for mailq (sendmail -bp) - about 25 sec. I'm not convinced it is an alpha problem, so I post to this list. On a much slower i386 running the same version of OS and of sendmail it takes less than a second. # uname -srm FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE alpha # sendmail -d0.1 Version 8.14.2 Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING SCANF TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG The only software difference between my i386 and my alpha I can think of is that on alpha I run IPF: # grep "= 25" /etc/ipf.rules pass out on dc0 proto tcp from any to any port = 25 flags S/SA keep state Is slow response of mailq an indication of misconfiguration? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423