From: Merciadri Luca on
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Teemu Likonen <tlikonen(a)iki.fi> writes:

> 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.
It worked like a charm. It now starts in less than one sec. This
parameter should be set as a default setting, shouldn't it?

Thanks.

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From: Ron Johnson on
On 2010-03-21 05:59, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen(a)iki.fi> writes:
>
>> 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.
> It worked like a charm. It now starts in less than one sec. This
> parameter should be set as a default setting, shouldn't it?
>

The root cause has got to be that either
(a) the network isn't fully up yet, or
(b) there's some misconfiguration in /etc/hosts, /etc/mailcap,
/etc/exim4, ... where it's looking "out there" for something it
can't find.

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From: Merciadri Luca on
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-21 05:59, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen(a)iki.fi> writes:
>>
>>> 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.
>> It worked like a charm. It now starts in less than one sec. This
>> parameter should be set as a default setting, shouldn't it?
>>
>
> The root cause has got to be that either
> (a) the network isn't fully up yet, or
> (b) there's some misconfiguration in /etc/hosts, /etc/mailcap,
> /etc/exim4, ... where it's looking "out there" for something it can't
> find.
>
I think that my network is set as fully up only a little bit later. That
must be the problem, as the rest has already been checked thoroughly.

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From: Ron Johnson on
On 2010-03-21 08:25, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 2010-03-21 05:59, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>>
>>> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen(a)iki.fi> writes:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>> It worked like a charm. It now starts in less than one sec. This
>>> parameter should be set as a default setting, shouldn't it?
>>>
>> The root cause has got to be that either
>> (a) the network isn't fully up yet, or
>> (b) there's some misconfiguration in /etc/hosts, /etc/mailcap,
>> /etc/exim4, ... where it's looking "out there" for something it can't
>> find.
>>
> I think that my network is set as fully up only a little bit later. That
> must be the problem, as the rest has already been checked thoroughly.
>

On my system (and probably yours), networking is started by:
/etc/rcS.d/S07hostname.sh # HOSTNAME="$(cat /etc/hostname)
/etc/rcS.d/S09ifupdown-clean # check out /etc/default/ifupdown
/etc/rcS.d/S14pppd-dns # meaningless on *my* system
/etc/rcS.d/S14resolvconf # processes /etc/network/interfaces
/etc/rcS.d/S15ifupdown # ????
/etc/rcS.d/S16networking # runs 'ifup -a'

And the MTA comes later at:
/etc/rc3.d/S04postfix

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From: Merciadri Luca on
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-21 08:25, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 2010-03-21 05:59, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>>>
>>>> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen(a)iki.fi> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>> It worked like a charm. It now starts in less than one sec. This
>>>> parameter should be set as a default setting, shouldn't it?
>>>>
>>> The root cause has got to be that either
>>> (a) the network isn't fully up yet, or
>>> (b) there's some misconfiguration in /etc/hosts, /etc/mailcap,
>>> /etc/exim4, ... where it's looking "out there" for something it can't
>>> find.
>>>
>> I think that my network is set as fully up only a little bit later. That
>> must be the problem, as the rest has already been checked thoroughly.
>>
>
> On my system (and probably yours), networking is started by:
> /etc/rcS.d/S07hostname.sh # HOSTNAME="$(cat /etc/hostname)
> /etc/rcS.d/S09ifupdown-clean # check out /etc/default/ifupdown
> /etc/rcS.d/S14pppd-dns # meaningless on *my* system
> /etc/rcS.d/S14resolvconf # processes /etc/network/interfaces
> /etc/rcS.d/S15ifupdown # ????
> /etc/rcS.d/S16networking # runs 'ifup -a'
>
> And the MTA comes later at:
> /etc/rc3.d/S04postfix
>
Apparently not here. I must have modified something one day. Weird! The
problem is solved. Thanks.

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