Bug#305698: marked as done (exim4: takes about 8 seconds to run /usr/sbin/sendmail)

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From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
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Subject: exim4: takes about 8 seconds to run /usr/sbin/sendmail
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Package: exim4
Version: 4.50-4

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

Any ideas?

   Julian

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From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
To: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
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Subject: Re: Bug#305698: exim4: takes about 8 seconds to run /usr/sbin/sendmail
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 07:35:02PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> 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?

Yes, that was it.  Introduced an IPv6 record for my localhost name and
it's now really fast.  Thanks (and closing bug report).

> > However, /usr/sbin/sendmail
> > --version complained very quickly (< .5 seconds) that --version was an
> > unrecognised option.
> 
> You're looking for the -bV option.

True.  The significance, though, was that it was fast, so the slow
thing was something to do with when exim was working to send mail,
rather than a startup issue.

   Julian