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[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Elton Woo wrote:

>On September 27, 2003 08:08 pm, Dave Ashby <Dave Ashby 
><dave.ashby at 1993.usna.com>> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Make sure the first line in your /etc/hosts file is 127.0.0.1 and your
>>box name (technically FQN and then nickname). If you have other entries
>>above it, sendmail will hang during boot.
>>    
>>
>
>My /etc/hosts file:
># Do not remove the following line, or various programs
># that require network functionality will fail.
>127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
>127.0.0.1	dhcp-133-74		localhost
>
>Sendmail doesn't hang, it just takes so bloody looong! I've just
>disabled it from startup services, and the boot process is much,
>MUCH quicker!!
>

i think that the second line with 127.0.0.1 will be ignored


try this, all in *one* line

127.0.0.1	dhcp-133-74 localhost.localdomain localhost


and sendmail should start in a short time.


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shrek-m