[wplug] Redhat 9 Slow starting - sendmail / sm-client

[Eric Peterson]

I read the thread,
http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2003-November/008527.html

I am having similar problems with sendmail hanging on boot.  The Linux box
(butanone) runs RH9(shrike) and sits behind a router with an XP box
(acetone).  The Redhat installation guide simply says in this situation to
make sure /etc/hosts has a line in it that it already does (line 1 as
follows)

# cat /etc/hosts 
127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain   localhost
127.0.0.1        butanone
192.168.1.100    acetone
192.168.1.101    butanone
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
search charterpipeline.net
nameserver 66.215.64.14
nameserver 24.205.1.14
nameserver 24.205.192.61
#

Suggestions (I can surely rtfm if someone can point me in the right
direction)?

Thanks!