[CentOS] sendmail question

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 19:12:19 UTC 2009


nate wrote:
> 
>> But sendmail is going to ask DNS first and if DNS fails with a timeout
>> instead of a quick NXDOMAIN, delivery will be slow.
> 
> My reading of that FAQ says you can turn off DNS support in
> sendmail entirely, just use a host file.

But that won't fix all the other things that expect a working DNS - and 
will keep you from sending mail anywhere else.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com



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