Hello: My box runs Devuan Beowulf and within it runs a (VBox) Devuan ascii virtual machine set up to start up automatically when I boot.
It is not kept on 24/07 but is booted up a few times every 24 hours. The Devuan ascii virtual machine runs PI-Hole as a recursive DNS server. It is all working as it should but there's a 'snag in the weave' so to speak: When booting, I'm getting a (not too) short delay at "Starting MTA:" which is when (as I understand it) Exim4 does a reverse DNS check. The problem is that my DNS (unbound) runs on the Devuan ascii virtual machine which I set up to start up automatically at boot but it is not yet up and running when Exim4 does the reverse DNS check. Hence the delay (30/40s?) I am refering to. Exim4 is set up to receive "local delivery only; not on a network", listens only to IP 127.0.0.1 for incoming SMTP connections and accepts my box's user as the only other destination for which mail is accepted. As I am on a wired ADSL connection and have "always on" web access, "Dial-on-Demand" configuration is disabled. Is there a way I can avoid the "Starting MTA:" delay at boot? Thanks in advance, JHM -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
