Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:14:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@csrlink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129211313.1248b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980128195611.05220@cabbage.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Rick Knebel wrote: > Hi, > I have ppp -auto set up using pmdemand they way it says in the howto's. > I have one question. > On boot up when the senmail daemon starts, my bootup stops until I connect > to my ISP. > Is this the way it is supposed to work That's the way it will work. The sendmail waits until it can do a host name lookup, which causes the dialout. Once the dialout finishes, it can do the DNS lookup, then it's happy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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