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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:05:03 +0300
From:      Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to get rid of Sendmail DNS lookups?
Message-ID:  <19990712100503.A43769@myhakas.matti.ee>
In-Reply-To: <19990712143955.H21403@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:39:55PM %2B0930
References:  <19990710200757.A29197@myhakas.matti.ee> <Pine.OS2.3.95.990711112433.337A-100000@CENTRAL> <19990711135644.A30695@myhakas.matti.ee> <19990712143955.H21403@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:39:55PM +0930, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:

> > sendmail does DNS lookup when told not to do so. Weird. Any additional
> > thoughts?
> 
> I've noticed this too.  Based on the documentation, it's not clear
> whether it's a bug or a feature.  But there used to be a configuration
> variable for sendmail which would completely remove any DNS lookups in
> the binary.  You'll have to look in the sources to find it.

You probably mean the -DNAMED_BIND=0 or the same option in the conf.h
file. I tried it, set them both and built the sendmail by hand, also
removed NIS and tcpwrappers support but still no joy. It's really beyond
me what the sendmail does. 
-- 

Vallo Kallaste
vallo@matti.ee


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