Bug#305698: exim4: takes about 8 seconds to run /usr/sbin/sendmail

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 03:01:21PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Whenever I run /usr/sbin/sendmail (often through and MUA), it takes
> around 6-8 seconds to run.  Even running /usr/sbin/sendmail as a plain
> command takes a similar length of time.

That sounds like a DNS issue. Look for "Q: exim takes a very long time
to start" in README.Debian.gz and make sure that you have not been hit
by one of these challenges.

Where does /usr/sbin/exim4 -d pause?

> However, /usr/sbin/sendmail
> --version complained very quickly (< .5 seconds) that --version was an
> unrecognised option.

You're looking for the -bV option.

Greetings
Marc

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