I am sending an email from my machine devcentos5x64. the transcript below (hangs for 60 seconds) at the line: MAIL From:<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> SIZE=56 AUTH=root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The email succeeds - but I am trying to figure out the 60 second delay. Neither email server is busy. Nothing is waiting. the DNS on both machines point to the same nameserver. The DNS responds very fast when looking up server names. What else can I look for to remove the slowness or delay? jerry ------------------------------------ date | mail -v -v -v -v geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay... 220 devcentos5x64.msgnet.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:02:15 -0500 >>> EHLO devcentos5x64.msgnet.com 250-devcentos5x64.msgnet.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> MAIL From:<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> SIZE=56 AUTH=root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 250 2.1.0 <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender ok >>> RCPT To:<geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> DATA 250 2.1.5 <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Recipient ok 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself >>> . 250 2.0.0 o18F2FMV002336 Message accepted for delivery geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent (o18F2FMV002336 Message accepted for delivery) Closing connection to [127.0.0.1] >>> QUIT 221 2.0.0 devcentos5x64.msgnet.com closing connection [root@devcentos5x64 src]# _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos