Robert Kudyba <rkud...@fordham.edu> wrote: > n*5s delay *may* indicate unresponsive DNS host(s)/resolver(s) in /etc/hots > [ at least it should be ruled out ] > > Nah both are university DNS servers that are current. > > How long does it take to get SMTP greeting message when you start > "/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs" as a non root user? > [ Is it sendmail startup or message processing? ] > > The latter, starts up and restarts quickly, couple seconds.
It should be less than 1s. You may send a test message as non root in verbose mode with DNS tracking turned on. (echo subject: test; echo; echo test) | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v -i -d8.20 -- _recipient-address_ sendmail asks DNS also about domains in email headers (To:, Cc:, From:, ...) > > [...] > > Jul 13 23:04:05 storm spamd[13378]: spamd: processing message > <9ca00a710c6bfad3d60dd424cd79ac19.squirrel@our-domain> for root:1001 > > Jul 13 23:04:20 storm spamd[13378]: spamd: clean message (-101.5/5.0) for > root:1001 in 15.0 seconds, 1193 bytes. > > Jul 13 23:04:20 storm spamd[13378]: spamd: result: . -101 - > ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00,PYZOR_CHECK,USER_IN_WHITELIST > > scantime=15.0 [...] > > Hitting PYZOR_CHECK is scary. > > So I can try and disable to see if there's a difference. > > Sounds like we should also try a local DNS server too... Your ham messages should not hit PYZOR_CHECK - it is supposed to detect bulk spam. -- A. Filip
