XEmacs checking network connection (problem)

XEmacs 21.5.b14, Mac OS X 10.2.6 (with Mac X11.app v 1.00 as XServer) I have been having some connection problems lately and as a result discovered that my XEmacs when it starts appears to need a connection to the internet. Once it is running, the connection can go down without a problem. But if the connection is down when XEmacs starts, it waits until the connection is back up before it opens its initial Frame. I believe this may be because I use a context resumption program, that one or more of my files are html, that psgml is required, AND that *psgml requires sendmail.el* Could this cause XEmacs to wait for a connection before displaying its initial frame? If so, is it essential that psgml-html.el require sendmail.el? What other functions/variables might I need to watch for in my startup file that would cause the busy wait on the net? The error does not occur when XEmacs is started without its startup file. rdr