Richard Adams wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Simon Taplin wrote:
> >I'm about to setup Sendmail from my RH6 setup. I know that on
> >some machines once sendmail is setup, it stops the whole PC for
> >about 2min while its looking for the DNS servers. Is there anyway
> >to prevent this from happening?
>
> There are several ways,
> 1) make sure your isp and all known ip #'s are in /etc/hosts.
> 2) dont start sendmail untill your net connection is up and running.
> 3) Only start sendmail when you actualy connect to the net.
>
> I am sure others will have more suggestions for you.
> It all depends on how you are going to be connected, all the time
> some of the time or just once in a while.
>
> Option 1) should solve all problems.
>
I put my ISP and its IP address in the /etc/host file and sendmail
still lags. I take it that #2 and #3 involve manueling starting and
stoping sendmail?
>
> >Simon
> >
> >ICQ:15774994
> > Remember - even if you win the rat-rate, you're still a rat.
> --
> Regards Richard
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