Michael:
> Wanted to check network related startup timings at this weekend, but:
>
> Problem disappeared as suddenly as it popped up: postfix service
> now needs less than 5 secs to start, as before the issue. No idea
> why, probably something on the VPS's host system or the provider's
> network setup, as nothing changed on my VPS.
Perhaps the problem was that master.cf contains a service endpoint
(in the first column) that specifies a hostname instead of an IP
address?
Or main.cf:inet_interfaces has a hostname instead of IP address?
Either of these could introduce a start-up dependency on DNS,
if the name is not found in /etc/hosts.
Wietse
