Article:		Update to Mac OS X Terminal, Part 3
Subject:		Sendmail takes 3 minutes to start
Date:		2002-06-13 09:34:53
From:		jiclark
Response to: Sendmail takes 3 minutes to start
I was just coming back to see if Chris had posted a response to any of our questions, and saw this topic. I, too, have noticed that "starting sendmail" now takes more than two minutes during startup on my Dual500/G4. This is a little frustrating, and makes me wonder if it's really necessary... Is there anything we can do to fix this??? Thanks, John

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• Sendmail takes 3 minutes to start
  2002-06-13 12:29:17  Chris Stone | [Reply | View]
  
  
  I'm guessing this happens when sendmail is unable to resolve the domain name. I've suggested to some folks that they just revert their hostconfig file back to NO for mailserver, and see how that works. So far, for local only mail delivery , that seems to works OK.
  
  There're could be an issue, though, if both sendmail and your email client are trying send (use port 25) at the same time, so watch for that.
  
  Let us know how it goes for you...
  
  Thanks,
  
  --Chris