[KLUG Members] sendmail question

[Chester Wisniewski]

bert wrote:
> Chet,
>
> Reading my email back, I realize I did not mention that this happens on
> the server where the email is suppossed the reach its final destination.
>
> The user 'marleen at flex.nl' is on the server where I found this log. This
> means there is another server contacting 'flex.nl' in an attempt to
> deliver an email to user 'marleen'. Then sendmail on 'flex.nl' records a
> delay of 4:46... but procmail only uses one second?
>
> Is sendmail starting this time count at the moment the remote server is
> contacting and the count is stopped when the whole email is arrived.
> That must be some email that takes that long!
> There is also some spam-filter running, could this be the cause , i.e.
> the spam-filter daemon fails? But if so why is xdelay than just one second?
>
> I am left in the dark here.
>
>
>
>   

What type of spam filter are you using? How is it implemented? Can you
send me a copy of your sendmail.mc and sendmail.cf? I am not sure what
your issue is either, but unfortunately I have had a fair amount of
experience using sendmail.

Chet