Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 04:46:47PM -0400, Ray Leventhal wrote: > >DNS. It's always DNS :-) > While I agree, I'm still a bit stumped. Nothing changed other than a > reboot on Sunday afternoon. I do have Friday's rsync snapshot and running > diff against the sendmail files (cf/mc) as well as hos

Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Ray Leventhal
DNS. It's always DNS :-) (more accurately, host and IP address resolution). How long is it taking your server to resolve the IP address into a name? To resolve names into IP addresses? To resolve destination MX records? Hi Stephen, While I agree, I'm still a bit stumped. Nothing cha

Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 11:34:11AM -0400, Ray Leventhal wrote: > This now seems like a timeout issue. Increasing client-side timeout to > > 180 seconds gets mail going just fine. > > Any ideas on what might be happening since a reboot to cause this change > in MTA behaviour would be greatly app

Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Ray Leventhal
where does the server point to for its dns? if it's (supposed to be) running a nameserver (e.g., you're pointing to 127.0.0.1) but the dns server isn't running you'll get a timeout. if you have a second nameserver configured in /etc/resolv.conf you'll likely ultimately get a response, but only

Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Ray Leventhal
lists-centos wrote: are you configured for spamassassin or clamav as milters on the server (in the sendmail.cf) and either/both of these didn't start up on the reboot? sendmail will still accept mail with sa/clamav not running, but it takes a bit longer. there's also the possibility of an invers

Re: [CentOS] sendmail not sending after reboot UPDATE

2008-06-09 Thread Ray Leventhal
This now seems like a timeout issue. Increasing client-side timeout to > 180 seconds gets mail going just fine. Any ideas on what might be happening since a reboot to cause this change in MTA behaviour would be greatly appreciated. Regards, -Ray __