Jerry Geis sent a missive on 2010-02-08: > 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]# Check your DNS resolution settings - it may be dns timeout. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos