> I use microsoft outlook to read and send mails from my linux server over
> tcp/ip connection through modem and tel lines ...
> so, though i can now retrive my mails from the linux server , it still takes
> lot of time in sending even a single line of message ...
> I used the ip address of my machine for the SMTP field required in outlook.
> I guess that the ip address for sendmail still is not resolved and that
> takes the time ...
> plus since i just reinstalled the linux (red hat 6) you can expect the
> standard sendmail... ( i havent fiddled with it .)
The default sendmail configuration normally assumes that DNS is
functional. If this isn't the case, then you need to make a number of
changes (these are described in the linux-admin FAQ, at
http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/).
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