From d8ed18a78ae009d4990e6c4ec65788bbc21dc316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 05:47:01 +0000 Subject: Added note about DNS startup delays. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1557 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ dumped to all my terminal sessions.
O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take a line hit while downloading?
O5. Why is fetched mail being logged with my name, not the real From address?
+O6. I'm seeing long sendmail delays at start of each poll cycle.

Answers:

@@ -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.

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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.

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