On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 08:56, Merciadri Luca <luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I think that it is a well-known thing that some MTAs (if not all) take > some time to start (at boot). But I sometimes need to wait ~30 > secs. with this output: > > == > Starting MTA: > == > > After this time, `exim4' is simply appended to this line. Does exim4 > really need so much time to launch/start? If so, why? I need it, and I > cannot deactivate it, but this slows down my boot.
I'd do some searching [1] before going to the list. Slow boot and mta? Most likely dns-related, check the configs for a wait parameter and/or disable the MTA's dns or something. HTH, Nuno [1] http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-11/2834.html -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6b1504c41003210211i65d85621p646e256bf39fe...@mail.gmail.com