On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 07:25:48PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
> But on FreeBSD (only VM here for some years) on fresh install
> i always have sendmail hang minutes upon startup (i interrupt to
> come to login, which thankfully works), because it is of the
> opinion that the hostname is not valid on the network, or
> something. I do not have the same problem with postfix though.
By design. As Wietse has explained from time to time, Postfix starts up
and delivers local mail even when the network is down. Delivering mail
to remote systems of course requires some form of connectivity (dialup
uucp could still be used in principle).
--
Viktor.
