Folks,
This has been stated before, many times on this list. qmail NEVER
consults /etc/hosts for anything, ever. It only uses DNS. If you are
using qmail, set up a DNS server.
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Stefan Laudat wrote:
> It is highly essential to have "order hosts,bind" in your /etc/resolv.conf!!!
> Otherwise /etc/hosts won't help so much :(
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 11:08:34PM -0700, Chris Thorman wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > You are probably right about the DNS being the cause of the delay.
> >
> > If you have no DNS available, then run a DNS server right there on your mail
>machine; it can be its own. Just serve "reverse" tables for all the IP networks your
>users use.
> >
> > If you know that only a small set of hosts will be connecting to your machine,
>then simply enter all those in /etc/hosts, and DNS will never be consulted.
> >
>
> --
> Stefan Laudat
> -------------
> Noncombatant, n.:
> A dead Quaker.
> -- Ambrose Bierce
>
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