This is usually indicative of your DNS not operating properly. Sendmail and it's client tend to want DNS running so it can resolve addresses. Regards, Paul _______________________________ Paul J. Agamata Sysman@Xceptions.COM Hilo, Hawaii [cid:4AFE6E45-D68E-443E-A8F6-8FBD69A30A8D] From: Jah Rastafari <nuhtrue@gmail.com<mailto:nuhtrue@gmail.com>> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:50:26 -1000 To: "app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org>" <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org>> Subject: [App_rpt-users] ACID boot hang Any idea why an otherwise perfectly operating system running the ACID distro would hang while booting for: sendmail - approx 6 min sm-client - approx 3 min They both eventually load (green "OK") but it just makes booting take somewhere south of 10 minutes. The started when I loaded the latest distro (as of about 3 weeks ago). Any clues or advice on what details I could add other than what's below? Thanks, Bob KK6RQ Using simpleusb No modifications other than setting levels.