sendmail slow after upgrading to 10-RELEASE

[Chuck @ Mantis]

mail -v -s "test from web1"     test at test.com

.
EOT

test at test.com... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...


***the above line takes 5 seconds then the rest of the output is quick 
and sends the e-mail fine***




220 web1.ctest.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.9/8.14.9; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 
14:50:52 -0400 (EDT)
 >>> EHLO web1.ctest.net
250-web1.ctest.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
 >>> STARTTLS
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
 >>> EHLO web1.ctest.net
250-web1.ctest.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
 >>> MAIL From:<c at web1.ctest.net> SIZE=42
250 2.1.0 <c at web1.ctest.net>... Sender ok
 >>> RCPT To:<test at test.com>
 >>> DATA
250 2.1.5 <test at test.com>... Recipient ok
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
 >>> .
250 2.0.0 t5JIoqOn021612 Message accepted for delivery
test at test.com... Sent (t5JIoqOn021612 Message accepted for delivery)
Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
 >>> QUIT
221 2.0.0 web1.ctest.net closing connection