Bug#285627: exim4 needs forever to start when network is configured

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:42:17PM +0100, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> I have an internal network device, which is configured with a static
> ip of 192.168.2.2. If I use "auto eth0" in the interfaces file,
> activating the device at boot, exim4 takes forever to start.

This sounds suspiciously like a DNS problem. Is your DNS ok?
Especially: do all local IP addresses resolve?

Greetings
MArc

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