Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:22:38 +0800 (TSD) From: Victor Sudakov <vas@vas.tomsk.su> To: questions@freebsd.org (freebsd questions mailing list) Subject: Re: why does sendmail bring up my iijppp link? (2.2.2-RELEASE) Message-ID: <199707311322.VAA00761@vas.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <199707290023.JAA02769@freebie.lemis.com> from "grog@FreeBSD.ORG" at "Jul 29, 97 09:53:35 am"
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grog@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > Victor Sudakov writes: > > Donald Burr wrote: > >> > >> Whenever I send mail using sendmail, EVEN IF THE MAIL IS SENT TO SOMEONE > >> LOCAL TO MY MACHINE, it always brings up my ppp link. > >> > >> I find this somewhat annoying, is there any way to fix it? > > > > Use tcpdump to see what packets and where sendmail is sending. > > It's almost certainly performing a DNS lookup. You can compile a > non-DNS version of sendmail if you want. Check the documentation in > the source tree. I believe it's also possible to turn off the > resolution with the sendmail.cf file, but I haven't been able to find > the reference. This is easy via m4: FEATURE(nodns)dnl FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl However, Donald wrote that he was running DNS on his machine. So would it be wise for him to use a non-DNS version of sendmail? -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
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