[3847] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Sendmail Delay Revisited (Colgate)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tomas Pihl)
Mon Nov 11 08:59:19 1996
From: etxtopi@etxb.ericsson.se (Tomas Pihl)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:57:06 +0100
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Hi,
>Two questions: 1) I have a stand-alone at home. It connects
>through an ISP, and I expect it to do so under Linux. So what
>do I need to install from the Colgate CD, and what can I leave off?
>I'm particularly interested in which server setups to include and
>exclude. I'd like to install the various development tools. In
>other words, I want every bell and whistle, but nothing that I'm
>not gonna use. Can anyone lay this out for me? (Sub question:
>How easy is it to steal disk space from Bill Gates and add it
>to Linux later? Is this possible without a reinstall?)
I think there is a "Network dialup configuration" in the initial package
installation scripts (the ones that runs when you boot of the boot disk).
My guess is that this installs ppp and perhaps the NetKit. These are the
only packages needed (?).
Then start `netcfg' and add an interface, select `ppp' and follow the
instructions. When you save, you'll have all files needed. Be observant
on the /etc/resolv.conf file. First, it has the wrong permissions so change
it with `chmod a+r /etc/resolv.conf'. Then see to it that the DNS server is
first in the search directive. Mine looks something like this:
search 192.71.220.10 pihl.com
nameserver 192.71.220.10
> 2) What package is causing the sendmail delay, and is it a
> package I really need? My home computer will likely never
> be networked. It will connect to an ISP, however. I hate
> that delay. When I saw how fast my office machine can boot
> Linux, it blew my mind.
sendmail expects to find a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) as
the first name in 127.0.0.1. If not, it will stall for a while
until it continues (I guess this is the delay you're writing about).
What I did was to add the following in my /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 poof.pihl.com poof localhost
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Added
and the delay went away.
Good luck!
/Tomas Pihl
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