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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: [Exim] dns timeouts
From:       Philip Hazel <ph10 () cus ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2001-02-28 20:42:24
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, paul spandler wrote:

> When a user tries to send email, the MUA hangs whilst exim works out
> what to do with the smtp session. I guess the delay is due to exim
> attempting to carry out a variety of DNS lookups.

> My question is, can I set another option to tell exim to queue messages
> faster in the event of the above-mentioned connectivity problems?

It all depends on what is causing the delay. Run a test with -bh to find 
out what lookups it is doing. At a guess, it may be host_lookup, if 
that's at its default setting.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

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