Re: MTA takes so much time to start (at boot)
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 08:56, Merciadri Luca
<Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I think that it is a well-known thing that some MTAs (if not all) take
> some time to start (at boot). But I sometimes need to wait ~30
> secs. with this output:
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> ==
> Starting MTA:
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> After this time, `exim4' is simply appended to this line. Does exim4
> really need so much time to launch/start? If so, why? I need it, and I
> cannot deactivate it, but this slows down my boot.
I'd do some searching [1] before going to the list. Slow boot and mta?
Most likely dns-related, check the configs for a wait parameter and/or
disable the MTA's dns or something.
HTH,
Nuno
[1] http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-11/2834.html
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