Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:15:05 +0100 From: Barnaby Scott <bds@waywood.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: very slow boot (newbie) Message-ID: <44667689.1040504@waywood.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060513172622.F3A7.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <44662536.4080700@waywood.co.uk> <20060513204032.GA51338@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <20060513172622.F3A7.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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Gerard Seibert wrote: > Daniel Bye wrote: > >> On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 07:28:06PM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: >>> It turns out it was sendmail causing the delay, so now my /etc/rc.comf >>> reads: >>> >>> sendmail_enable="NONE" >> This is fine, but according to rc.sendmail(8) `NONE' is deprecated and >> will be removed in a future release (but, to be honest, it's been going >> to be removed in a future release for quite some time now... ;-). It's >> more typing, but the preferred way to disable sendmail these days is >> this: >> >> sendmail_enable="NO" >> sendmail_submit_enable="NO" >> sendmail_outbound_enable="NO" >> sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO" >> >> This prevents any of the various sendmail daemons from starting. > > In that case, what handles the delivery of mail locally? At the moment I have the slightly perverse, but workable, situation whereby we send internal mail via the internet - it all goes through my hosting company's SMTP servers. In these days of always-on conections it is not as stupid as it sounds, and they offer such a good service that before I get to grips with FreeBSD myself, it suits me very well. (BTW they use FreeBSD, and deserve any bigging-up going: www.gradwell.com) >>> ...it does not cure the problem for me if I decide that I do want >>> sendmail! I could cross that bridge when I come to it, but I would >>> prefer to gain some insight here if anyone can bear any more on this topic. >> I would suggest you look at ssmtp in the ports. It is a very simple >> mail forwarding daemon, that you configure with the IP address of another, >> full MTA to which ssmtp will send all your outgoing messages. Your ISP >> probably runs a suitable server for their customers' use. It means you >> won't have to worry about your IP address and DNS resolution and all the >> other things that go with running a full MTA, like sendmail, exim or >> postfix. >> >>> Adding >>> 127.0.0.1 frankbruno >>> to /etc/hosts did not cure the problem. Could that be because the lookup >>> that causes the delay is a reverse one? If so, it would be trying to >>> find a name for 192.168.0.4 (I think that's the one I have been getting >>> recently) which is still not in hosts. >> No, it wouldn't help at all - you should return that entry to localhost. >> >>> I would rather not mess with the IP allocation if possible - having it >>> automatic is much more useful and means I cannot create condradictory >>> records in different places. >> Fair enough. KDK's suggestion of using a wrapper script will certainly >> get you round this if you decide you need/want to use a more full- >> featured MTA. >> >> Dan >> >> -- >> Daniel Bye > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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