Perhaps it has something to do with DNS lookups. You could change your sendmail config. Mr Tanner has a configuration he uses for this list that might help you. Another option, the one I prefer, is to use Postfix instead of Sendmail. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <lxy at cloudnet.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:18 AM Subject: [TCLUG] Sendmail vs MSN > Ok, I've seen weird things happening lately as M$ continues there quest > to own every mail server on the planet. I'm running Sendmail 8.9.3 (I > know, upgrade, yes, I know) and every time I send to @msn.com, > @hotmail.com, now @qwest.net, or any other MSN owned mail service sendmail > freezes for awhile. Usually about 5 to 10 min. My e-mail client of > choice, pine, sits on "Sending 0%" and then finally sends after I walk > down to the vending machine and back a few times. > > Anyway, does anyone else have this problem? Will a sendmail upgrade fix > it? I'm assuming it's a problem with the way sendmail negotiates its > connection to MSN but I could be wrong, maybe it's PINE, maybe it's > because I'm running RH instead of Debian, I dunno. Doing a ps shows that > sendmail has its sockets open to the mail server ok so I think it's > sendmail. > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >