Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8085: sendmail startup could be backgrounded Message-ID: <199809291900.MAA16092@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/8085; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: hsu@clinet.fi Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8085: sendmail startup could be backgrounded Date: 29 Sep 1998 20:50:49 +0200 Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi> writes: > sendmail tends to take ages to start up on host which has problems with its > network connection (horribly long name service timeout?). This is > unpleasant as the network connection (or routing protocol) may be started > by a local rc file, thus jamming the boot process for long time. I'd like to add a comment to this: on a network-deprived system, any attempt to run sendmail (even to just check the mail queue) will take ages. I can understand that successful name lookup is necessary for smtp operation, but for listing the f****ing mail queue? DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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