Hello all,
I'd like to use `sendmail` on my desktop system but sendmail starts slowy at boot time.
When system boots, `sendmail` daemon will execute the program `newaliases` to generate aliases from /etc/mail/aliases. I note that `newaliases` consumes so much time:
I use the default /etc/mail/aliases. In this file I see the note:
I never change /etc/mail/aliases so why do `sendmail` always run `newaliases` to update stuff?
Any idea?
Thanks for your helps.
PS: one of my friends gave up FreeBSD because he couldnot suffer such slow sendmail. He was back to Linux �e
I'd like to use `sendmail` on my desktop system but sendmail starts slowy at boot time.
When system boots, `sendmail` daemon will execute the program `newaliases` to generate aliases from /etc/mail/aliases. I note that `newaliases` consumes so much time:
Code:
# time newaliases
/etc/mail/aliases: 27 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 275 bytes total
real 0m15.016s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.013s
I use the default /etc/mail/aliases. In this file I see the note:
Code:
# The program "newaliases" must be run after
# his file is updated for any changes to
# show through to sendmail.
I never change /etc/mail/aliases so why do `sendmail` always run `newaliases` to update stuff?
Any idea?
Thanks for your helps.
PS: one of my friends gave up FreeBSD because he couldnot suffer such slow sendmail. He was back to Linux �e