diff --git a/tests/p_sendmail/20_sendmail_mta.sh b/tests/p_sendmail/20_sendmail_mta.sh
index 2e249603..5f59f0d7 100755
--- a/tests/p_sendmail/20_sendmail_mta.sh
+++ b/tests/p_sendmail/20_sendmail_mta.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Author: Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
 
 t_Log "Running $0 - sendmail can accept and deliver local email."
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ if [ "$CONTAINERTEST" -eq "1" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 ret_val=1
+DELIVERED=1
 
 # send mail to localhost
 mail=$(echo -e "helo localhost\nmail from: root@localhost\nrcpt to: root@localhost\ndata\nt_functional test\n.\nquit\n" | nc -w 5 127.0.0.1 25 | grep accepted)
 MTA_ACCEPT=$?
-if [ $MTA_ACCEPT == 0 ]
+if [ $MTA_ACCEPT = 0 ]
   then
   t_Log 'Mail has been queued successfully'
 fi
 
-sleep 1
 
 if [ "$centos_ver" -eq "8" ]; then
   t_Log "Dumping journalctl to /var/log/maillog"
@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ fi
 regex='250\ 2\.0\.0\ ([0-9A-Za-z]*)\ Message\ accepted\ for\ delivery'
 if [[ $mail =~ $regex ]]
   then
-  egrep -q "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}\:.*stat\=Sent" /var/log/maillog
-  DELIVERED=$?
+	for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+		egrep -q "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}\:.*stat\=Sent" /var/log/maillog
+		DELIVERED=$?
+		if [ "$DELIVERED" -ne 0 ];then
+			sleep 1
+		else
+			break;
+		fi
+	done
 fi
 
-if ([ $MTA_ACCEPT == 0  ] && [ $DELIVERED == 0 ])
+if [ $MTA_ACCEPT = 0  ] && [ $DELIVERED = 0 ]
   then
   ret_val=0
   t_Log 'Mail has been delivered and removed from queue.'
diff --git a/tests/p_squid/squid_test.sh b/tests/p_squid/squid_test.sh
index ba818268..e4e4b4c8 100755
--- a/tests/p_squid/squid_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_squid/squid_test.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 - Squid test."
 
-if [ $SKIP_QA_HARNESS -eq 1 ]; then
-  URL="http://mirror.centos.org/"
-  CHECK_FOR="timestamp"
+if [ -z "$SKIP_QA_HARNESS" ];then
+        SKIP_QA_HARNESS=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_QA_HARNESS" -eq 1 ]; then
+  URL="http://www.centos.org/"
+  #CHECK_FOR="timestamp"	# Before 2024-12-13: https://web.archive.org/web/20241212132650/https://www.centos.org/ - RDA - 250109
+  CHECK_FOR="CentOS Project"	# After 2024-12-13 : https://web.archive.org/web/20241213163833/https://www.centos.org/ - RDA - 250109
 else
   URL="http://repo.centos.qa/qa/"
   CHECK_FOR="ks_cfg"