[PLUG] Starting sendmail...

Kyle Accardi sandbox at pacifier.com
Thu Nov 27 12:35:02 UTC 2003


Holger Stephan wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 10:21, Robert Kopp wrote:
> 
>>...
>>When reaching sendmail, it hangs for a long
>>time--probably two or three minutes. I do not use
>>sendmail, so presumably either removing it or not
>>attempting to start it is the answer. Could anyone
>>give me advice? 
>>...
> 
> 
> Additionally to turning off sendmail you may also want to fix your DNS
> problem, as to deal with the cause and not only with the symptom of your
> little patient. 

Right.  Forgot that.  Usually giving the machine a proper name is all that's 
required.  Something like this in /etc/hosts
	127.0.0.1	rufus.localdomain	localhost	rufus

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Kyle Accardi
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