E-mail transport

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 05:32 -0800, Sven Turnau wrote:
> Hi!
>      When booting the computer it freezes
> and shows  "starting E-mail transport", it
> takes about 2.5 minutes. It's a long time to wait.
>   Is it something essential or can it be switched off.

This "mail transport" is what the computer uses both to send out mail to
others if you use that, and so the system can send mail to *you* about
its functioning. It can be switched off, but it is preferable to keep it
and solve the problem.

The problem is DNS misconfiguration. Make sure that /etc/hosts contains
a line like this:

127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost

If you use another hostname, like "george.mydomain.com" then also add a
line like this:

127.0.0.1	george.mydomain.com	george

Let us know if this works or not.

Cheers,

-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
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