Sendmail takes ages to start at bootup

[Les Mikesell]

Bob Kinney wrote:
> 
> [bob at otis ~]$ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 otis.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.1/8.14.1; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:51:51
> -0600
> HELO
> 501 5.0.0 HELO requires domain address
> 
> The point is understood if you are running a public mail service, but I
> don't think mine's "broken."

Sendmail is an internet mailer - you have to follow internet standards 
even if you set up a private network with a non-registered domain name.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com