Hi,
Since you're running Debian, which version of Exim do you use? There's a
problem with gethostbyname() in versions 3.12 which ships with Debian,
which could cause a dns lookup error.
Regards,
Bart van Dommelen.
At 3-6-2001 17:16, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
>Andrew D <awd@???> wrote:
>
> > > It's a standalone Debian box running exim in what I believe is
> > > a pretty default configuration. I just use the ordinary
> > > pon/poff scripts to connect to my ISP and I use their
> > > nameservers. I don't see anything else using my bandwidth.
> > a caching name server is still a good idea IMHO
> > >
> > > Isn't there some parameter I could use to disable the DNS
> > > lookups? (if it makes any sense to do so)
> > lol, no way, mail runs on DNS :)
>
>Well, more like "continued dns lookups". I mean it does get to
>the smarthost and will deliver any messages shorter than ca.
>70K. Therefore I don't understand this. I have never had this
>problem with any other MTA.
>
> > just change the hostname in smarthost router to the IP for that
> > host, though u may have to check every now and then to see if
> > that host has changed IP.
>
>
>There's got to be another way...any other checks I could make
>to track down the problem? If it would help to post my
>exim.conf I'll gladly do so.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Morten
>
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>
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