On Thursday 06 September 2007 21:35, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:13:02 +0200 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have several desktop systems, and regadless of whether I leave exim4 > > unconfigured, or setup for local system use only, it takes quite a while > > to start on boot. > > > > I don't really know what the MTA is supposed to do on a laptop or desktop > > system, but I've read that it shouldn't be uninstallted. Is this really > > the case? > > It shouldn't be uninstalled since many daemons and system management > tasks report via email, and they expect to find an MTA to send the mail > with. > > If your system isn't connected to the internet on boot, have you > > configured minimal-dns? From 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config': > > In normal mode of operation Exim does DNS lookups at startup, and when > > │ │ receiving or delivering messages. This is for logging purposes and > > │ │ allows keeping down the number of hard-coded values in the > > │ │ configuration. > > │ │ > > │ │ If this system does not have a DNS full service resolver > > available at │ │ all times (for example if its Internet access is a > > dial-up line using │ │ dial-on-demand), this might have unwanted > > consequences. For example, │ │ starting up Exim or running the queue > > (even with no messages waiting) │ │ might trigger a costly > > dial-up-event. │ │ > > │ │ This option > > should be selected if this system is using Dial-on-Demand. │ │ If it > > has always-on Internet access, this option should be disabled. > > > > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > > > Chris > > Celejar > --
Thanks, I tried that and it didn't help, but I'm not sure I know which of the five types of setup choices really applies to me, and I'll have to read up some more on that. I have to say that I'm actually only interested in using Debian as a desktop system, and sort of feel like it is making me install a mail server. I wouldn't care if choosing "no configuration at this time" didn't cause problems, but in my case it seems to be timing out on boot. Thanks, C -- C. Hurschler
