sendmail

[MechCD]

Ok, when bootin' up (for various reasons) Sendmail takes an ungodly amount of time to start. Sometimes around 1-2 minutes. Everything else is fine. Could my /etc/hosts be bad? Do I even need sendmail?

[dnar]

Originally posted by MechCD

Ok, when bootin' up (for various reasons) Sendmail takes an ungodly amount of time to start. Sometimes around 1-2 minutes. Everything else is fine. Could my /etc/hosts be bad? Do I even need sendmail?

LOL! "Ok, when bootin' up (for various reasons)" <- yeh, I boot up for various reasons too!



sorry! :D

Check: /etc/mail/local-host-names

[MechCD]

Hehhehe, windows reboots itself :)

Various reasons in linux means tinkering with hardware and my watercooler

In windows that means my drivers aren't working right, or I'm aggertated at it.

[siggy]

I try not to reboot at all. I keep losing the sound evertime I do.

[MechCD]

Windows or linux?

If windows, its drivers or IRQ conflict (might need more info).

If linux, well then I need more info

[siggy]

Originally posted by MechCD
Windows or linux?

If windows, its drivers or IRQ conflict (might need more info).

If linux, well then I need more info

Yes it is windows. Yes it has a conflict. But that is as far as my expertise goes on that.

[MechCD]

Hhehehe, then I won't go further. :D

[Medic193]

I was experiencing the same thing and it was at the same time that my NIC was messing up. Coincidence? I think not!:D

[kirek]

Originally posted by MechCD

Ok, when bootin' up (for various reasons) Sendmail takes an ungodly amount of time to start. Sometimes around 1-2 minutes. Everything else is fine. Could my /etc/hosts be bad? Do I even need sendmail?



Have you changed your sendmail.cf file at all? The default install should not be causing problems, but I could be wrong.



:assumingyouareondialup:

Are you on dial-up? if so sendmail may be trying to do a DNS lookup. If you don't start your dial up connection at boot sendmail might timeout looking for a DNS server.



Anyone else with sendmail experience? I started using POSTFIX after I found out how easy it is to configure it is. (Compared to sendmail)



Um I think you need to have sendmail (or something) running so system messages can be sent to you (or root).

[dnar]

Its best to run a local cached DNS server, "named" is the package to install, and the daemon is also called "named".

[MechCD]

Originally posted by kirek




Have you changed your sendmail.cf file at all? The default install should not be causing problems, but I could be wrong.



:assumingyouareondialup:

Are you on dial-up? if so sendmail may be trying to do a DNS lookup. If you don't start your dial up connection at boot sendmail might timeout looking for a DNS server.



Anyone else with sendmail experience? I started using POSTFIX after I found out how easy it is to configure it is. (Compared to sendmail)



Um I think you need to have sendmail (or something) running so system messages can be sent to you (or root).

I never messed with sendmail. I'm on cable.

Hmm, I recall looking at a logfile and it said something about it couldn't find itself on the netowrk. I'll take a looksee friday someime. Something like penguin cannot be reached from 192.168.0.2 (penguin's ip addy)

I'll also check that hosts file dnar mentioned.

I don't really bootup that often, but I don't like a 5 minute wait for 1 service.

[kirek]

Originally posted by MechCD
Hmm, I recall looking at a logfile and it said something about it couldn't find itself on the netowrk. I'll take a looksee friday someime. Something like penguin cannot be reached from 192.168.0.2 (penguin's ip addy)

Hmm, do you have 2 Network cards?
What does your /etc/hosts file look like?
Are you running a firewall? Maybe you are blocking sendmail somehow.

I also agree with dnar, run a local caching nameserver. (don't know why I didn't think of that one...)

Later...