Re: sendmail always connects even though set to always queue

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From: Frank Sweetser
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:00

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"Paul A. Cheshire" <root@localhost> writes:

> I cannot stop sendmail connecting to my ISP (through dial on demand ppp) even
> though I have set it to queue all messages. 
> 
> It sends local, unqualified, mail OK, BUT if any domain other than
> 'localhost' 
> is specified - even my actual hostname.domain - it insists on connecting
> to the 
> 'upstream' relay (post.demon.co.uk).
> 
> I first thuoght it may be a routing problem but subsequently discounted this
> after testing with ping to all variants of local hostname and/or domain. None
> of these needed to connect.
> 

A thought... is it connecting and sendmail the mail, or just making the
connection?  If it's set to queue the mail, it will still try to resolve
any hostnames.   Change the default delivery from 'q' to 'd' for deffered -
that will prevent dns and nis lookups.

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From: Frank Sweetser <rasmusin@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Subject: Re: sendmail always connects even though set to always queue
Date: 1997/08/14
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