Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 14:25:38 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Wayne G Boyd <wayne@jcegroup.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail question Message-ID: <19980604142538.A29611@ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <199806041029.KAA05955@jcegroup.com>; from Wayne G Boyd on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 10:29:04AM %2B0000 References: <199806041029.KAA05955@jcegroup.com>
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On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 10:29:04AM +0000, Wayne G Boyd wrote: > I am trying to get sendmail on a freeBSD box, to deliver mail for a > client who is dialled in on a PPP link. My problem is that at the time > the client is sending the mail, the freeBSD box's only modem is being > used of the dialin, thus it can's dial the internet to do any DNS > stuff, or to talk SMTP to our ISP. > > The result is that sendmail hangs for too long, and the mail client > on the other end of the ppp link times out. > > How can I get sendmail to queue all mail, and only try to do > dnslookups when it is servicing the queue, not when it is accepting > the message ? This is exactly what the ``deferred'' delivery mode for. You can do it in several ways: 1. If you're configuring your sendmail by mean of m4, then add the following line to your .mc file: define(`confDELIVERY_MODE', `deferred') 2. If you're configuring your sendmail by just editing the /etc/sendmail.cf then add the following to it: O DeliveryMode=deferred In both cases, edit your /etc/rc.conf script, find ``sendmail_flags'' option and set the queue process interval to the desired value (option -q). > Is there anywhere on the net with easy to read info about sendmail > configuration ? Sure! 1. cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc (susbin collection must be installed) 2. lynx http://www.sendmail.org/ (lynx from the Ports collection is required) > Thanks for your help, You're welcome! Regards, -- Ruslan Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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