James Gibbon, On Friday July 25, 2003 08:41, James Gibbon wrote: > Hi there - I wonder if anyone can help me overcome a problem. > > I installed RH 9.0 yesterday, and have a problem with outgoing mail > - it queues up (like this!): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mailq > /var/spool/mqueue (1 request) > -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- > ------------Sender/Recipient----------- h6PC8u2F031153 852 Fri Jul 25 > 13:08 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (host map: lookup (virgin.net): deferred) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Total requests: 1 > > > .. and won't leave until it's flushed manually (/usr/sbin/sendmail -q > as root). Last time I used Redhat (7.3 I think), it 'just worked' - > mail would happily leave of its own accord without having to be > manually flushed, as it has with other distros I've used. > > I use nmh, though I don't think that's a consideration. sendmail is > ticked as 'currently running' in the service configuration gui. > > Any ideas?
That looks like a DNS issue to me. See if this helps... http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/host_map__lookup_(domain)__deferred.html -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dee-web.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
