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

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2004-12-14 Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.34-9
> Severity: normal

> Hi,

> 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. I did not
> check the exact time, but its about:
[...]

May I point you to /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz

Q: exim takes a very long time to start, I think it is making a DNS
  lookup although my /etc/host holds all the necessary information.

         cu andreas