From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 31 9:56:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A67937B401 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (rly-ip05.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4569843EE1 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:56:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aburke@nullplusone.com) Received: from logs-ti.proxy.aol.com (logs-ti.proxy.aol.com [152.163.194.135]) by rly-ip05.mx.aol.com (v89.10) with ESMTP id RELAYIN1-1231125623; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:56:23 -0500 Received: from thebe (AC9968AB.ipt.aol.com [172.153.104.171]) by logs-ti.proxy.aol.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id gBVHsXg195581; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:54:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Aaron Burke" To: "FreeBSD-Questions" , "bryan cassidy" Subject: RE: Hangs on boot. Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:54:19 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20021231170404.66516.qmail@web10701.mail.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Apparently-From: ImOptimum@aol.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of bryan cassidy > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 09:04 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Hangs on boot. > > > Hello. I am using FreeBSD 4.7 right now and was > wondering something. In my /etc/rc.conf file I made > sendmail_enable="YES" sendmail_enable="NO" and when I > boot the system hands for a few minutes at the most > when trying to start the sendmail daemons. Is there a > way to stop the system from hanging at boot time? > Please Cc: c_bryan@bellsouth.net (I can't send e-mails > from my POP account to the mailing list for some > strange reason) thanks in advance. POP is not generally for sending mail. It is typically used to retrieve mail. It sounds like you have a problem with your SMTP server. One thing that kind of hung me up in the past was assuming that I could always use the account smtp.nullplusone.com. It would work fine on some connections, but not when dialed into some isp's. I later learned that you should be using your internet service providers smtp server. For example, lets take AOL. AOL will let you use any SMTP server in the world, with no problems. However when you dial into JoeBlow ISP, you should use something like smtp.joeblow.com. (snip) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message