Valdis, thanks for the input. I will change sendmail I was using the SMTP_RESET_EVERY flag in go.user. I will send you the output from truss, lsof and dbx directly. thanks -brian > On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 12:17:16 EDT, "Brian K. Becknell" <[log in to unmask]> > said: >> Hello everyone. >> I hate to keep posting to the list about the problem I am having, >> but... >> The problems I have are causing severe headaches here and I need >> help!!! I have following several suggestion on the list about sendmail >> configuration and I am still having problems. > > Does adding this to your sendmail.mc help: > > define(`confTO_COMMAND',`5m') > > The 8.12.8 default: > > confTO_COMMAND Timeout.command [1h] In server SMTP, the timeout > waiting for a command to be > issued. > > This won't actually *FIX* the problem, but it should make the sendmail > drop the connection after the lsv side has been idle for 5 mins (and > 'lsv' will just re-open a new connection when that happens). If it > isn't dropping it, then there's a bigger Sendmail issue. > > Also, could you send me what lsof reports the connection between the two > processes is? It should be an IPv4 connect to 127.0.0.1, but I'd like > to double-check that. Also, use 'netstat' to see if there's any pending > queued data in either direction. > > /Valdis (who is still on Listserv 1.8d, but had loads of fun > beta-testing 8.12 ;)