But if I'm using my ISPs pop and smtp servers, I don't need it on a
workstation, right?
Rob
> It's only required if you need mail to go in and out of the system in
> question.
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:07:10 -0500, Rob Yale wrote:
>
> >Good point, I guess I don't need sendmail. I was wondering if it was a
> >required service or not.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Rob Yale
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Burger
> >> Sent: December 12, 2000 3:36 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: Another sendmail question
> >>
> >>
> >> It is definitely related to DNS.
> >>
> >> Does your resolv.conf file point to valid DNS servers, and does your
> >> reverse DNS have a valid address for your system's IP address?
> >>
> >> You could also add an entry in your /etc/hosts file for your IP and a
> >> name, so that Sendmail can finish loading.
> >>
> >> eth0 is definitely failing because PCMCIA is not yet initialized...once
> >> PCMCIA loads, eth0 loads up right away.
> >>
> >> Since this appears to be a laptop, my question to you is: Do you need
> >> Sendmail running on that system? You could just as easily point
> >> Pine/whatever mailer you're using to the smtp and pop3 servers
> you need.
> >>
> >> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Rob Yale wrote:
> >>
> >> > When my system boots, it pauses on sendmail for an inordinately
> >> long time.
> >> > Could this have something to do with name resolution, and if
> >> so, how do I
> >> > resolve it? Another factor that I was also wondering about
> is that eth0
> >> > initially fails; presumably because pcmcia hasn't loaded
> yet. I tried
> >> > changing the load order in rc3.d but it still seems to suffer
> >> from a delayed
> >> > initialization. Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>
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