OK.. I've modified my etc/hosts file to have my host's primary DNS server in there, changed the name of the box to the name that it's given via DHCP, and also I have added a check mark to ' Obtain DNS information from the provider ' in system-config-network, and sendmail works much much faster than it used to. Thanks for all your help. Things are fine now. Finally, the last hurdle to a rock solid FC2 install. -Jason