From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 24 5:47:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B2037B401; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 05:47:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntli.com (pc1-glfd2-4-cust59.glfd.cable.ntl.com [81.99.187.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E148243F75; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 05:47:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from aqua.lan.palfreman.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ntli.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h2ODqsgE026644; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:52:54 GMT (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from localhost (william@localhost) by aqua.lan.palfreman.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id h2ODqs09026641; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:52:54 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: aqua.lan.palfreman.com: william owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:52:45 +0000 (GMT) From: William Palfreman To: bastill@adam.com.au Cc: Claus Assmann , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail issue In-Reply-To: <1048510619.3e7f009b856b9@webmail.adam.com.au> Message-ID: <20030324134319.Q12270@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <7931E2E61A63FB4D9F0DECE73E05C6366B31@conrad.sohotech.ca> <1048464805.3e7e4da603d04@webmail.adam.com.au> <20030323163319.A16796@zardoc.esmtp.org> <1048510619.3e7f009b856b9@webmail.adam.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-33.9 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 bastill@adam.com.au wrote: > I think this is what you wanted to see. The time between issuing > "sendmail -bs" and the greeting being posted is so large (we are > talking several minutes here) that I thought it was not working at > all. As you can see it does work, if you are prepared to wait. That sounds so much like a DNS timeout. What does your /etc/resolv.conf say? Can you ping the nameservers listed in it, if they are at all? If so, can you look up domains - $ host www.google.com ip.address.here Also, try a public nameserver - this one is a Freeserve.com one: $ host www.google.com 195.92.195.94 Finally, can you ping offsite, e.g. ping 195.92.195.94 That should at least prove things are ok at the IP level. Extrafinally, how about we move this to questions@freebsd.org? I've added to the CC. Bill. - -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job: Tel: 0771 355 0354 http://www.palfreman.com/william/ for my CV. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+fw21lEOQDkvPqLYRAsSUAJ4zwJCP7D0SPPwHlzopWW7Z5uZbxACfeJM/ Nw/bwSRak74fxD73lF3uCWw= =RSu5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message