>> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 29 15:06:07 1999 >> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Slow 'sendmail -q' >> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:10:25 +0000 >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Resent-Date: 27 Jan 1999 01:47:50 -0000 >> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Resent-Message-ID: <"ZTi0ED.A.fLB.CBnr2"@murphy> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on >> Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 04:04:02PM +0100 >> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Mail-Followup-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i >> X-Cookie: I have many CHARTS and DIAGRAMS.. >> X-WWW-Homepage: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ >> X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/34111 >> X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Precedence: list >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 04:04:02PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > When I am conneted to my ISP, doing the command 'sendmail -q' take a lot >> > of time (20 or 30 >> > seconds), even if there is no mails to send. Is it normal ? >> >> > Another slow thing : when fetchmail is retrieving mails from my ISP, it is >> > very slow. Does it come >> > from my ISP or from my computer ? Is there anyway to know it ? >> >> Both of these can be caused by sendmail attempting to resolve the name >> of the local machine. Does your machine have an entry in /etc/hosts >> and/or a local name server?
My /etc/hosts is : 127.0.0.1 loopback localhost 0.0.0.0 albert I don't know if I have a local name server. Maybe it is 'albert' but I am not sure. How can I verify it ? Thanks Franck ----------------------------------- Franck Le Gall 147, rue basse - 14000 Caen tél. : 02-31-93-29-09 mobile : 06-62-34-03-52 e.mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------