On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Matt Sergeant wrote: > Is there a need to use remote_info for qpsmtpd? I find it takes an > inordinately long delay to connect to the server from my laptop (Mac OS > X) and discovered that the delay is on looking up the TCPREMOTEINFO > (which I guess does an identd lookup?). I turned it off (-R flag to > tcpserver) but I'm not sure if I'm breaking anything.
I don't think you are. The purpose of the identd info is for the benefit of admins of shared systems that does support it if you should have a complaint for the later. That might not be relevant for you or worth the occasional wait, in which case it obviously is reasonable to disable it. :-) - ask -- ask bjoern hansen, http://www.askbjoernhansen.com/ !try; do();
