Re: Reverse ip lookup does not use /etc/hosts

In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm almost certain that the 40-second delay reported in the previous message is due to tcpwrappers trying to do redundant reverse DNS lookups. I rebuilt exim from the version 3.36 source (same version Debian has on Sarge). It does have a build option for using

Reverse ip lookup does not use /etc/hosts

I am investigating a problem on my LAN - some operations seemed very slow. There are 3 machines on the LAN. Two (leo.galaxy and orion.galaxy) are only connected to the LAN. The third (ursa.galaxy) is the firewall/gateway and also has a connection thru a cable modem to the internet. The test: on