bin/82311: sendmail waits 1min+ when there is no internet connection, after a reboot

[Giorgos Keramidas]

The following reply was made to PR bin/82311; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim at macomnet.ru>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/82311: sendmail waits 1min+ when there is no internet
 connection, after a reboot
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:06:05 +0300 (EEST)

 On 2005-06-16 09:00, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 > [...]
 > >         When there is no external internet connection, Sendmail
 > >         waits 1min or more when I reboot.
 > > >How-To-Repeat:
 > >         block internet access from gateway
 > >         enable sendmail in rc.conf
 > >         reboot
 >
 > Reduce resolver timeout in sendmail.mc|cf.
 
 Another workaround is to run a local name server, which can quickly 
 detect if there is a network connection and respond with an error :)
 
 I've used this on my laptop to avoid long delays every time a program 
 tries to use the network when I'm offline.