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Re: sendmail woes
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, mulix wrote:
> Upon startup, sendmail pauses for a lengthy period of time, due to (I
> think) failes DNS lookups. I remember once seeing a solution to this
> problem, but after extensive RTFMing in the last hours, I can't find it.
> Any pointers appreciated...
the quickest solution is to modify sendmail's startup script (found
somewhere in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ , with a name such as *sendmail*) so it
will launch sendmail in the background (adding an '&' to the launch line,
assuming it is launched directly, and not via some general function).
in order to make sendmail avoid performing DNS queries on startup, i think
you need to change the sendmail.cf file (in '/etc/') - sometimes the
relevant option might be documented there. this question was asked moer
then once on this list, so searching the archive might bring up the exact
fix required.
finally - you may simply disable running sendmail - unless you configured
some firewalling rules, if sendmail is up and you connect to the internet,
people may be trying to break into your system using it.
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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