I was speaking with someone else about this. They asked me to run this command "mailq -v". When I did, the machine takes about 1 to 2 minutes.
anyone have any thoughts on that? Everything else works fine. I don't think it's a dns thing. nlsookups are lightning fast, and I haven't had any trouble surfing the net. kelly > Quoting Scott Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A one minute delay is about the right amount of time for a DNS server to > time out and sendmail to use another DNS server listed in your > /etc/resolv.conf file. You may want to see if that is the problem as it > would be slowing down several things on your computer if that is the case. > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 10:37:43AM -0600, Kelly Scroggins wrote: > > > > That did it! Thank you. > > > > That command is not in my muttrc... I guess I just > > add that line ...anywhere? > > > > kelly > > > > > > Quoting René Clerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Kelly, > > > > * Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [22-12-2001 07:38]: > > > > | I seem to have a problem with mutt since I > > | upgraded my OS from Red Hat 6.1 to Red Hat 7.1. > > | > > | I've searched the archives, and groups.google.com > > | without any luck. > > | > > | After composing an email message, and pressing 'y' > > | to send the message on it's way, it takes what > > | seems like an eterinity to send the message. > > | > > | It must be about 30 seconds to a minute for the > > | message to be sent. > > | > > | I'm using the same .muttrc I used with the older > > | version of the client. > > | > > | Does this ring a bell with anyone? Can anyone > > | give me a clue as to how this can be resolved? > > > > This could have something to do with the setting of the $sendmail_wait > > variable. Type ":set sendmail_wait" to see what the value it contains. > > Default is 0, which means wait forever for sendmail to finish. > > > > A negative value puts sendmail in the background, which is what you > > want, I presume. > > > > | Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions, > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > -- > > René Clerc - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love > > their mother. > > > > > > -- > Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin -- Looking for work. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html > 2.5 years Sr. SysAdmin experience with FreeBSD in small & medium size ISPs. > The last 5 months have included exposure to Solaris 7, True64 5, and Linux. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin -- Looking for work. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html 2.5 years Sr. SysAdmin experience with FreeBSD in small & medium size ISPs. The last 5 months have included exposure to Solaris 7, True64 5, and Linux.
