On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 17:35, Didier Casse wrote: > If you fixed /etc/hosts, and /etc/resolv.conf then I've no clue! It's > because of problems like this configuration headaches with sendmail that I > decided to switch to qmail! When a friend told me to switch to qmail, I > was very hesitant about it since *everybody* used sendmail but when I > switched I was really happy because it was easy to figure out stuff and it > gives you meaningful error messages which you can easily trace back!
I'm still rather surprised that on Mandrake it flies, on RH9 it crawls - even on a few RH 7.3 boxes I work on, it's fast and stable...but RH9? Nah...dunno why...and ain't really got the time or the resource to dig any deeper than having a cursory looksee > TIP: To speed up things and install qmail rapidly on RH9: > > rpm --erase --nodeps sendmail #getting rid of sendmail! > > Then go to http://www.itworks.com.hk/services/download.htm > > and download the 2 rpms. Install: > > rpm -ivh qmail-xxxrh9.rpm > rpm -ivh qmail-initscripts-xxxrh9.rpm > > then reboot and voila! Your qmail is ready to rock! Going to give that a shot mate...can't be anything worse than the headache I've already gotten this week; besides, I meant to get around to it, now I see as though I'm going to HAVE to get around to learning it...can't be all that bad if local ISP's are using it... -- Fri Aug 29 18:10:01 EST 2003 18:10:01 up 4 days, 7:56, 1 user, load average: 1.03, 0.85, 0.82 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ | illawarra computer services | | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * United Nations, New York, December 25. The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world. -- Isaac Asimov -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
