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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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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....