On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > Good suggestion. I think it is indeed timing out for want of a good > lookup. Have host name in /etc/hosts but that doesn't help. Now howto > hack sendmail into submission! Does anybody know the simple fix to the > .cf file to make it run? Thanks all!
One beneficial fix is to install the bind package (or find a convenient, well-connected-to-your-LAN-if-you have-one name server) and set it up to be primary or secondary for the reverse mapping of your IP address(es). I set up a dial-on-demand router for a computer store, and sendmail startup took forever until I configured named to be a secondary for the ISP's modems' subnet x.x.x.in-addr.arpa and the store subnet x.x.x.in-addr.arpa . Bingo! No more delays (at least for that reason...now the delay is the squid boot sequence). Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .