Subject: AIX Slow Sendmail

From: Roger Sabin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:17:59 -0700

I am helping a company setup Pine on an AIX RS6000 box. (Don't know the AIX version, but the box was purchased within the last year.) Pine appears to be sending messages, but it takes a looooong time to process the send. The screen shows "sending 0%" for a very long time. Is this correct? Can it be fixed?

Roger Sabin
[email-masked]

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From: Jeff A Kinsey <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:45:10 -0500

obviously, we sun solaris fans are going to suggest a hardware switch <GRIN>

-jeff

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From: Shane Castle <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:32:48 -0700 (MST)

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Roger Sabin wrote (without using his enter key):

>I am helping a company setup Pine on an AIX RS6000 box. (Don't know
>the AIX version, but the box was purchased within the last year.) Pine
>appears to be sending messages, but it takes a looooong time to process
>the send. The screen shows "sending 0%" for a very long time. Is this
>correct? Can it be fixed?

I have no problems at all with pine on ours (AIX 4.1.5, Pine 4.10,
sendmail 8.9.2, RS6000 7015-R50).  You will have to answer these
questions:

What release of AIX?
Is the sendmail the one shipped with AIX or is it locally built?
If locally built, what release is it?
What release of Pine?
Was Pine built correctly? (sometimes a matter of personal preference)

The answer might lie in none of the above.  Improper DNS configurations
have been known to cause slow MUA communications with sendmail.  Check the
/etc/resolv.conf and if there is an /etc/netsvc.conf.  Do they have the
correct information in them?

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Shane Castle
Boulder County Info Svcs
Boulder CO USA