Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 01:00:24 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/46873: sendmail is not well supported by DNS in default 5.0-RC2 install Message-ID: <200301090900.h0990ORT088770@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/46873; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/46873: sendmail is not well supported by DNS in default 5.0-RC2 install Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:50:15 +0200 On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:16:25AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > >Number: 46873 > >Category: conf > >Synopsis: sendmail is not well supported by DNS in default 5.0-RC2 install > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen > >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 > >Organization: > none > >Environment: > FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Dec 30 17:04:36 PST 2002 root@localhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > ================ > >Description: > > With a presumably common (for home desktops) sendmail config, my MUA > starts a sendmail process to send my message to the "sm-mta" sendmail > daemon, but the MUA-started sendmail hangs up for about 80 seconds, > apparently because it is trying to do DNS look up for "localhost" using > the default IPv6, but the resolver doesn't know how to do reverse lookup > and the standard FreeBSD 5.0 install doesn't have "named" running to > do the job either. (I fixed MY problem by telling sendmail to use > '[127.0.0.1]' in the "msp" feature, instead of the default.) What does your /etc/resolv.conf file contain? G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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