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
>
>
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