Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 07:54:46 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS & Sendmail Message-ID: <199704020654.HAA18005@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:49:57 %2B0200." <19970402004957.UW00921@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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As J"org wrote:
> As Brian Somers wrote:
>
> > > When I kill named, I can start sendmail.
> > [.....]
> >
> > Does FEATURE(nodns) and FEATURE(nocanonify) help ?
>
> It shouldn't. Sendmail has no reason to try canonifying anything else
> than its own hostname on startup. The originator had a named set up
> for his own stuff, as it seems.
But these help tremendously if you have a SMART_HOST, *even* if you have
full resolver capabilities.
I agree though, it almost definitely won't hurt startup (unless you
can't resolv your SMART_HOST or something).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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