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. :-)


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