Re: /etc/resolv.conf and sendmail

From: James Wilkinson (james_at_westexe.demon.co.uk)
Date: 07/13/04

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    Philippe wrote:
    > So I have an idea. As I am on a dialup connection, when sendmail is
    > launched, I still don't have any DNS set up (they come from my ISP). So
    > could it be the cause of my problem ?
    >
    > What I can see, but not sure 100%, is after being connected, if I
    > restart sendmail, or if I flush the queue, all the next mails, even
    > hours after, will be sent correctly.

    That sounds right. When I was on dial-up, I put
    sendmail -q
    into /etc/ppp/ip-up.local (you may have to create this file and make it
    executable). It's a good place to put fetchmail, too.

    By default, Sendmail will keep messages for up to five days, waiting for
    a chance to send them. But it will send warning messages after only four
    hours. You may want to modify sendmail's configuration files to lengthen
    either or both these intervals.

    Unfortunately, I don't have sendmail installed now (I'm on postfix), so
    I can't guide you throught the exact changes needed to the appropriate
    m4 files.

    HTH,

    James. 

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