On Thursday 06 September 2007 23:28, Jeff D wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Chris wrote: > > 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 > >>> â â receiving or delivering messages. This is for logging purposes > >>> and â â allows keeping down the number of hard-coded values in the > >>> â â configuration. > >>> â â > >>> â â If this system does not have a DNS full service > >>> resolver available at â â all times (for example if its Internet > >>> access is a dial-up line using â â dial-on-demand), this might > >>> have unwanted consequences. For example, â â starting up Exim > >>> or running the queue (even with no messages waiting) â â might > >>> trigger a costly dial-up-event. â > >>> â > >>> â â This > >>> option should be selected if this system is using Dial-on-Demand. â > >>> â 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 > > Theres always the option of disabling it all together. > > update-rc.d -f exim4 remove > > But, as others have said, its good to have a MTA running for notifications > like cron, logcheck and others to go out. I would possibley install > exim4-daemon-light, set delivery to local only, check to make sure your > hostname is in /etc/hosts and set hosts in /etc/nsswitch.conf to: hosts: > files dns >
I have ii exim4 4.67-8 meta-package to ease Exim MTA (v4) installat ii exim4-base 4.67-8 support files for all Exim MTA (v4) packages ii exim4-config 4.67-8 configuration for the Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light 4.67-8 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon so I guess "light" got installed automatically at some point, because I didn't do it myself. I'll try what you suggest. Thanks, Chris -- C. Hurschler
