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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index d7e39f7d..67b7e051 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/12/01 07:44:40 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/12/03 05:47:01 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ dumped to all my terminal sessions.</a><br> <a href="#O4">O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take a line hit while downloading?</a><br> <a href="#O5">O5. Why is fetched mail being logged with my name, not the real From address?</a><br> +<a href="#O6">O6. I'm seeing long sendmail delays at start of each poll cycle.</a><br> <h1>Answers:</h1> <hr> @@ -1631,11 +1632,21 @@ Versions 2.1 and up try the header From address first and fall back to the calling-user ID. So if your SMTP listener isn't picky, the log will look right.<p> +<hr> +<h2><a name="O6">O6. I'm seeing long sendmail delays at start of each poll cycle.</a></h2> + +Sendmail does a hostname lookup when it gets a HELO. Your resolver +configuration may be causing that to fail and time out. Check +<code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> and <code>/etc/hosts</code> file. Make +sure your hostname and FQDN are both in <code>/etc/hosts</code>, and +that hosts is looked at before DNS is queried. You probably also want +your remote mail server to be in the hosts file.<p> + <HR> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/12/01 07:44:40 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/12/03 05:47:01 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |