Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:53:35 +0930 (CST) From: grog@FreeBSD.ORG To: vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why does sendmail bring up my iijppp link? (2.2.2-RELEASE) Message-ID: <199707290023.JAA02769@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199707281716.BAA01819@vas.tomsk.su> from Victor Sudakov at "Jul 29, 97 01:16:43 am"
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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. Greg
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