On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:16:04AM +0200, Nachum Kanovsky wrote: > I can't always boot with the network up, but the loopback is up, what can I > do to stop this network delay??? And what exactly is it waiting for? It > should not be a timeout on dns, b/c both entries are in the hosts file? And > why else would exim be trying to access the network? >
If it has eth0 (even if no cable is connected to it) it will try to connect to the net. The solution is if-up eth0 manually instead of automatically at boot, or use netenv or similar to allow for a setup with no network interface. > Thank you, > > nachum > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micha Feigin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Debian with Exim4 > > > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:09:24PM +0200, 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 experiencing the same delay when booting with no network cable. Its a > network timeout. Try disabling starting the network interface in > /etc/network/interfaces and see if that kills the wait, or boot with a > connected network. > > > 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. > > I think you need to configure exim for mail sent by smart host, no local > mail delivery. > > > Please tell me how to do this, and also how to stop the very very long > > pause (about 2 - 3 minutes) on Starting MTA. > > The timeout is probably 60 seconds and not 2-3 minutes. > > > .. > > 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.? > > > > Thank you so much, > > > > Nachum Kanovsky > > Software Developer > > Mango DSP Ltd. > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Work: +972 2 588 5039 > > Cell: +972 67 508 121 > > > > > > ================================================================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] > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > > > > ================================================================= > 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] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > ================================================================= 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]
