Please help with resolv.conf, sendmail, performance!

[josel]

Hello friends!

I have hit a brick wall (what else is new?)!

THE PROBLEM:
Running SCO 3.2v5.0.6 - I am experiencing a speed problem.

A) All print jobs take 3 to 5 minutes to print.
B) Opening telnet sessions take about 2 to 3 minutes
C) ping sits idle and after a while BANG, out comes ...

In /etc/resolv.conf I have:

domain mif.com
nameserver 192.168.100.1
nameserver 192.168.100.2

I just added
hostresorder local bind

Speed is great but 'sendmail' dies. I cannot send mail outside my local network.

What am I missing? What can I do to fix this?


Thank you all in advance!


Jose Lerebours

KNOWLEDGE: Something you can give away enlessly and gain more of it in the process! - Jose Lerebours

 

[stanhubble]

your speed problem is the dns.

most likely (and were most people make errors) the problem is with the reverse arp lookup. All three scenario's you quoted will do a reverse lookup (ie IP -> hostname) before establishing the connection.