Very Computer

I've got Sendmail 8.7 installed on this here machine, and for some reason,
it takes a LONG time (30+ seconds) for the sendmail daemon to start up.
It's like it's looking for something, can't find it, times out, and then
runs itself.  

Has anyone else had this problem?  I'm invoking it like this:
/usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q30h

Why for art this happening?

Peter
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Peter Beckman                          The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

Peter-
        When I hear about delays like this I always, always suspect
        DNS timeouts.  Check to see how long a host lookup takes for
        hostnames mentioned in the .cf file (in particular, localhost
        or the hostname of the system on which sendmail 8.7 is running).

        You might use a tool like dig or nslookup.  I like dig as it
        reports time spent.  If it is a delay then check out the order
        of hostnames in /etc/resolv.conf.  Perhaps you are aiming at
        a non-functional DNS server.

        And I suggest in the future when you ask questions like this
        you also include (at the very least):
                system type (sparc, hppa)
                OS and version
                patches installed (if they seem relevant)
                When the problem started (yesterday or 2 years ago?)

        Of course that last paragraph is aimed at every seeker in
        comp.unix.admin rather than just you!

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Quentin Fennessy                        AMD, Austin Texas