Sendmail?

[Joshie the CK]

Okay... Every time I boot up my linux box, sendmail takes FOREVER to start...
This just started happeneing recently.. Any ideas?

Man... This, plus TAR not working, plus X-Windows only starting every OTHER bootup, maybe I'll just reinstall... ::sighs::

[posterboy]

This is sometimes a function of having re-named the box, in /etc/hosts, without keeping the 127.0.0.1 localhost line.Also, sendmail really does go out to the net, in an attempt to verify that you are who you say you are, through DNS. If, for any reason, this fails to match up, there will be a loooong delay. If there is no net connection, at that point, it accepts the localhost and moves on, delaying verification until it is put to use. HTH, Ray

[Joshie the CK]

Ah!
It makes sense then!

Yes. That helped quite a bit. Thanks!