Thank you for the quick response, here are the configuration files: Why would it be a dns problem if I have the hostname listed in my hosts file? I also have my target smtp server listed there.
Here is the file /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf, and the autogenerated file for exim that is created when it loads. I hope this helps... Thank you, nachum -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Zlatin-Amishav Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:44 PM To: Nachum Kanovsky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Debian with Exim4 On Wed, 19 May 2004, Nachum Kanovsky wrote: > Hi all, > > I am working with debian unstable, and when I boot the system, I will > sometimes get a very long wait on 'Staring MTA:'. I am working with > exim4. The only thing I want to configure exim4 to do is to send mail > using an external smtp server. I receive mail from an external pop > server, and that works fine. > Please tell me how to do this, and also how to stop the very very long pause > (about 2 - 3 minutes) on Starting MTA. > .. > Truth is that I think I have already done this, and I used the mail sent by > smarthost with no local mail. I also set the parameter for machine handling > outgoing mail to the smtp server that I want, and mail does get sent, so > perhaps that was correct. > But I still can't figure out the real long pause when starting the mta. > .. > I also have my hostname, and localhost in my /etc/hosts file as 127.0.0.1.? Hi Nachum, It sounds like you have a DNS problem. Can you give us more details, like your exim.conf. -- - Josh GPG: F5A7 6196 13B5 270F B578 221F 80D1 99C8 4AC6 8C29 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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