Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:10:23 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/82311: sendmail waits 1min+ when there is no internet connection, after a reboot Message-ID: <200506170910.j5H9ANtL062933@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/82311; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/82311: sendmail waits 1min+ when there is no internet connection, after a reboot Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:06:05 +0300 (EEST) On 2005-06-16 09:00, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > [...] > > When there is no external internet connection, Sendmail > > waits 1min or more when I reboot. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > block internet access from gateway > > enable sendmail in rc.conf > > reboot > > Reduce resolver timeout in sendmail.mc|cf. Another workaround is to run a local name server, which can quickly detect if there is a network connection and respond with an error :) I've used this on my laptop to avoid long delays every time a program tries to use the network when I'm offline.
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