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Date:      Thu, 1 May 1997 20:04:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Nick Esborn <nick@capella.grayphics.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sendmail freezing problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970501200226.28169B-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970501174334.2573A-100000@capella.grayphics.com>

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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Nick Esborn wrote:
> I'm using bind, and it did suddenly start doing this slowdown.  One thing
> I should probably point out is that it SEEMED to coincide with me manually
> deleting a file from /var/spool/mqueue to fix a mail loop, but this may be
> coincidental.

There are usually two or three files per email, might cause
problems if there are mismatches.

> What kind of DNS problems should I look for?  AFAIK things are working
> properly, but it is relatively complex, so there is room for error.

If reverse DNS isn't working sendmail stalls trying to resolve
your host name(s).

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  714 443 4172
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