> > Hello, > > When using a laptop it is normal that there are some changes in > resolv.conf during the live, for example: > > boot time: no network available > start of PPP over UMTS: resolv.conf from provider > start VPN to connect to company: resolv.conf from company > ... > > it seems that sendmail is not aware of such changes in the resolv.conf > and always get stuck with the old DNS and ofc does not work on incoming > mails (provided by fetchmail). A restart helps, but is there some better > way to let sendmail switch to the new DNS environment when resolv.conf > changes? > > Thanks > My very wide guess would be that Sendmail starts before system obtain network settings from DHCP.
But I do not remember Sendmail settings well enough. -- bEsT rEgArDs | "Confidence is what you have before you tomasz dereszynski | understand the problem." -- Woody Allen | Spes confisa Deo | "In theory, theory and practice are much numquam confusa recedit | the same. In practice they are very | different." -- Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"