[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail config question

[Jay Urish]

/etc/hosts



At 06:38 PM 2/11/2004, you wrote:
>I've got a question about a possible sendmail config issue.  When this
>machine is set up for DHCP, it comes up with the name of the machine as
>the connection name.  When I have it configured for a static IP, it
>comes up as the machine name, which I have as newcomputer (not original,
>I know).
>
>Here's the question.  When the machine is booting up and it gets to the
>place it's initializing sendmail, if it's DHCP, sendmail and
>sendmail-client come right up and the system goes on to the next
>service.  When the machine is set up for the static IP and comes up as
>newcomputer, it hangs on sendmail and sendmail-client for a long time
>during bootup.  I imagine sendmail is having to resolve the machine name
>(at least, that's what I've thought it was).  Is there some config file
>where I can specify the machine name so sendmail and sendmail-client
>will start faster?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Wayne
>
>
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