On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 12:26:05AM -0500, Phil Barnett wrote:
> Does qmail require identd to be running to operate properly?
It doesn't *require* identd. However.... tcpserver attempts an identd
lookup on each incoming connection. If the lookup times out, it carries
on normally.
Waiting for the timeout can be annoying, though, especially as it
typically affects users relaying through SMTP who don't understand why
sending mail takes so long. Clients like Outlook and Netscape may
timeout on the SMTP connection.
Use -R on the tcpserver command line to prevent tcpserver from
attempting the lookup.
-thl
