[Pkg-exim4-users] dc_minimaldns not working?

[Marc Haber]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:48:56PM +0100, Lothar Ketterer wrote:
> Internet is accessed by a DSL connection, managed by a box with
> integrated DSL modem/WLAN AP/NAT functionality. This box establishes a
> connection whenever someone tries to access the net. Therefore, the
> "minimize dns lookups" question was answered with yes.
> 
> Unfortunately, this doesn't keep exim4 from doing DNS lookups every time
> the machine is booted.

Does exim also do these lookups when you start up a new daemon? If so,
please use tcpdump or tshark to find out what exactly your exim is
trying to look up.

Does 1.3.7 of http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ help?

> I know that "apothekerknecht2" (my hostname) is not a fully qualified
> domain name, so could this be the problem?

Possibly, yes.

> In the meanwhile, i could solve the problem by creating
> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros with a content of
> 
> dns_ipv4_lookup = *
> 
> as suggested in the FAQ.

That looks like your /etc/hosts is not correctly set up with regard to
IPv6.

Greetings
Marc

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