<SNIP> > It sounds like a reverse look-up issue! > sendmail will try to do a gethostbyaddr() > which can take 25 seconds / try.... > The insane thing is that after a failure, it will log it, and then go ahead > and perform it's function. > IIRC there is a way to defeat the lookup, but I try to fix things! Check > the ip addresses that have the long delay for proper reverse > functionality.... dig -x ip.ad.re.ss > > If their reverse doesn't work, you or the client must tell their ISP to fix > it! </snip>
A little fix I did when we had a few clients who's ISP didn't assign reverse IPs and actually refused to (those good internet citizens that they are) Add their ip and a fake hostname into /etc/hosts like this: ip.ad.re.ss fake.theirdomain.com Not a good solution especially for a lot of clients, but may help the issue (I'm not really sure why though, as i assumed gethostbyaddr() didnt normally pay attention to the hosts file, anyone with knowledge can put me right on that one?) Regards, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.raqpak.com _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
