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Article #3597Re: "startup" of smtp connection timeout
From: Neil W Rickert
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 04:39
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 04:39
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"Jeremy Fitz" <jeremyfitz@hotmail.com> writes: >In order to debug this problem, I'd like to understand what sendmail is >doing during "startup". Basically, it is doing: gethostbyaddr(ip-address) lookup the hostname gethostbyname(hostname) cross check hostname to see if forged identd callback run the check_relay ruleset The identd callback should take no longer than 30 seconds on sendmail-8.9.3 or earlier, and 5 seconds on 8.10.0 and later. The most likely problems are DNS lookup delays for gethostbyaddr() or the subsequent gethostbyname(), or DNS lookups done in the check_relay ruleset (mostly dnsbl lookups). Maybe there can be a delay if your aliases map needs rebuilding. Run "newaliases" just in case this is the problem. >doing during "startup". Can anyone point me to information on this topic -
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