sendmail depends on having named working correctly...
part of the problem you have is that sendmail is looking for 
an active network connection. if its not there, it can cause 
the machine to hang for up to 5 minutes before it figures out 
that the connection isn't there.

I've had to modify some of the startup scripts to check for
the network first (and if its not up, to bypas the application).

hawke

"Khoo, Bee Leng" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I had installed Linux Redhat 6.2 with Kernet patch 2.2.16. And I
> found my maching had a very long booting. It stopped at STARTING SENDMAIL
> for about 5 mins and then continue to boot. Any one in the group can help me
> solve this booting relay problem ? Thanks in advance.
> 
> -Kelly-
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