From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 11 9:58: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from akira.lanfear.com (akira.lanfear.com [208.12.11.174]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E76B37B71A for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:57:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwlist@lanfear.com) Received: from sapporo.lanfear.com (h-64-105-36-216.snvacaid.covad.net [64.105.36.216]) by akira.lanfear.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA81866; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:57:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwlist@lanfear.com) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:57:55 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W Message-Id: <200103111757.JAA81866@akira.lanfear.com> To: Forrest , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re:Why during boot does sendmail take so long? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Kiltdown 0.7 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a DNS issue. Either your DNS server is down, your DNS info is incorrectly set, or it can't get your hostname from your IP address. This is stuff that really *should* be fixed if you really are running sendmail, or you should just turn off sendmail (add "sendmail_enable="NO" to /etc/rc.conf) marc. Marc W, San Francisco, CA Kiltdown -- a free email client for X www.kiltdown.org -- it's what's underneath that counts. > ----------------------------- > From: Forrest > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Why during boot does sendmail take so long? > Sent: 03/10/01 22:56> > > > Hi all, > Is the reason that sendamil takes so long on bootup because of DNS issues > > Starting standard daemons: sendmail [waits 3 minutes] > > Could I get faster bootup with a different mail server? > > -- Forrest > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message