sendmail startup slow

[Gerry Doris]

Marty Landman wrote:
> I've noticed that when rebooting sendmail takes forever - well 5 minutes 
> anyway.
> 
> Below are time relevant extracts from last reboot:
> 
> $ sudo more /var/log/messages
> 
> Jan  1 14:34:55 BANYAN kernel: eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 33 at 
> 0xd08e8000, 00:A0:CC:40:55:CF, IRQ 11.
> Jan  1 14:34:55 BANYAN kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 
> link partner capability of 45e1.
> Jan  1 14:34:57 BANYAN xinetd[1841]: xinetd Version 2.3.10 started with 
> libwrap options compiled in.
> Jan  1 14:34:57 BANYAN xinetd[1841]: Started working: 1 available service
> Jan  1 14:39:38 BANYAN sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:41:59 BANYAN sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:41:59 BANYAN gpm: gpm startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:42:00 BANYAN crond: crond startup succeeded
> 
> $ sudo more /var/log/boot.log
> 
> Jan  1 14:34:46 BANYAN autofs: automount startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:34:49 BANYAN sshd:  succeeded
> Jan  1 14:34:54 BANYAN xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:39:38 BANYAN sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:41:59 BANYAN sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:41:59 BANYAN gpm: gpm startup succeeded
> Jan  1 14:42:00 BANYAN crond: crond startup succeeded
> 
> How might I go about finding the problem here?
> 
> 

This generally a DNS problem.  Check to see if host names are resolving 
correctly.