Description of problem: Sendmail starts slowly on boot when there is no internet connection Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
You should check your network configuration. Do not use hostnames which are not resolvable without a network connection. Please have a look at /etc/hosts.
(In reply to comment #1) > You should check your network configuration. Do not use hostnames which are not > resolvable without a network connection. Please have a look at /etc/hosts. You are right. I changed the default hostname (localhost) and that was where it started. It was not a bug but an error on my part in assigning a hostname. I reverted it to the default hostname and its okay now. Thanks.