Re: [Exim] rcpt to takes up to 90 seconds

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Author: Yann Golanski
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To: Eddie McCreary
CC: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [Exim] rcpt to takes up to 90 seconds
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:08:02AM -0800, Eddie McCreary wrote:
> I need a simple exim setup for my home network, local delivery and
> forwarding remote messages
> onto the SMTP server of my ISP. I have it working, however it takes around
> 90 seconds for "rcpt to"
> to validate the remote address and I can figure out why. I gather from the
> docs that receiver_verify
> is set to false by default, and running "exim -bP receiver_verify" I get
> no_receiver_verify, so I assume
> that's set properly.


What kind of home network? ISDN? 56k modem? ADSL? T1?

> Mail does go through, however I'd rather have exim just queue the message
> and only have exim
> validate the syntax of the address when my mail client connects.


DNS query is your problem.

My guess is you are trying to get a MX record and your router (whatever
it is) is bring your line up and sending packets.

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