From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 07:52:31 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 537221065677 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:52:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72648FC12 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:52:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl11-42.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.138.42]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id m7G7qBhh009704 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:52:17 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7G7qArT021651; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:52:10 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7G7q8Dw021650; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:52:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Tom Stuart" References: <5cdef660808151349j462df140pcec0d76109ac17b3@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080815192128.024bf890@mail.computinginnovations.com> <5cdef660808151749n722a5b92ufcf85e59b1e0b4b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:52:08 +0300 In-Reply-To: <5cdef660808151749n722a5b92ufcf85e59b1e0b4b@mail.gmail.com> (Tom Stuart's message of "Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:39 -0600") Message-ID: <871w0pqtw7.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: m7G7qBhh009704 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.832, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.57, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Derek Ragona Subject: Re: Sendmail email delays 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: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:52:31 -0000 On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:39 -0600, "Tom Stuart" wrote: > I have tried doing the forwarding via /etc/mail/aliases and it worked > identically as it was with the /root/.forward. The mail does go through but > gets delayed 5+ minutes, however when I send mail interactively using mailx > or mail commands the receiving mailserver receives the message instantly. > > I'd also like to add that if I restart sendmail via /etc/rc.d/sendmail > restart the mail gets instantly received also...Thanks for the help thus far It usually helps to see what changes you have made to `sendmail.mc' from the stock FreeBSD version. Can you post diff output from the following? # cd /etc/mail # diff -c freebsd.mc `hostname`.mc