Re: MTA takes so much time to start (at boot)

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Subject: Re: MTA takes so much time to start (at boot)
From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:11:08 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 877hp6vy37.fsf@mithlond.arda>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87vdcq59yv.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA> (Merciadri Luca's message of "Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:56:40 +0100")
References: <[🔎] 87vdcq59yv.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA>

* 2010-03-21 09:56 (+0100), Merciadri Luca wrote:

> I think that it is a well-known thing that some MTAs (if not all) take
> some time to start (at boot).

> 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 don't know answers to all your questions but sometimes I have had
similar problems. I fixed the slow startup by answering "Yes" to the
debconf question

    Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)?

Run "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config" as root.


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