Well.. Right now the DNS ip addresses are only on resolve.conf.. Do i have to put the IP entries of target servers eg. gmail, exhange serves in the /etc/hosts file?? Else where should i specify the DNS entries to sendout the mail fatster.. Thanks for help. Raj On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 6:12 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 1:16 PM, raj sourabh <rajsourabh1@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> I am using a sendmail for sending alerts and notification from RHEL > >> server 5.5. But the sendmail process is very slow and it takes around 2 > minutes > >> to complete. > >> > >> Is there any way i can make it faster? > > > First, I hope you're running with the latest updates, and not really RHEL > > 5.5. > > > > It's not really possible to know exactly what is wrong from these > somewhat > > vague details, but I suggest looking at your DNS settings, particularly > > for the hosts running sendmail. As a quick guess: Sendmail is very picky > > about DNS and if you are using any host names that don't resolve, it can > take > > longer than it would otherwise. > > If it's still that way, I'll second that - about 5 years ago, I had > someone sending out email via a mailing list, and it was seriously > ridiculous - many, many minutes, because of screwy recipient addresses. > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
