From 87c7f6d0c3bb8949a450cfbed912cb27cb380379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 15:54:06 +0000 Subject: Better O6. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1558 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 67b7e051..2d1f0682 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

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O6. I'm seeing long sendmail delays at start of each poll cycle.

-Sendmail does a hostname lookup when it gets a HELO. Your resolver -configuration may be causing that to fail and time out. Check -/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts file. Make -sure your hostname and FQDN are both in /etc/hosts, and -that hosts is looked at before DNS is queried. You probably also want -your remote mail server to be in the hosts file.

+Sendmail does a hostname lookup when it first starts up, and also each +time it gets a HELO in listener mode.

+ +Your resolver configuration may be causing one of these lookups to +fail and time out. Check /etc/resolv.conf and +/etc/hosts file. Make sure your hostname and FQDN are +both in /etc/hosts, and that hosts is looked at before +DNS is queried. You probably also want your remote mail server(s) to +be in the hosts file.

+ +You can suppress the startup-time lookup if need to by reconfiguring +with FEATURE(nodns).

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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