Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:42:47 -0700 From: Kelsey Cummings <kgc@sonic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users Message-ID: <20010530004247.D78954@wingerboy.sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <01053003334505.20931@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM>; from lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:33:45AM -0400 References: <3B14F2B1.19722.2D8B0A9@localhost> <3B14858A.A63BF391@iowna.com> <OE4eKzGZuNY1SWoBDys00008ad5@hotmail.com> <01053003334505.20931@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM>
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This sounds more like a DNS issue to me. Do you have reverse DNS in place for the 10/net? If not, the easy fix is to add the address to /etc/hosts and forget about it. On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:33:45AM -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > I suppose you have checked /etc/mail/local-host-names and put in the IP's for > which you expect the system to get mail for and also in > /etc/mai/relay-domains the same thing. gethostbyaddress is telling you "hey, > i don't know such a place" > > --Lanny > On Wednesday 30 May 2001 01:36, Sean Knox wrote: > > How long should I wait? I let it sit there for about 6-7 minutes and it was > > still hung. > > > > When I do this, the sendmail log shows the following: > > > > May 29 22:35:04 freebsd-1 sendmail[928]: gethostbyaddr(10.10.209.143) > > failed: 1 > > > > and nothing more. I have other users still continuing to send email via > > sendmail however; those messages continue to appear while waiting for > > 'sendmail -v username@domain.net' to do something. > > > > Sean > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> > > To: "Sean Knox" <wintermage@home.com> > > Cc: "Lim Seng Chor" <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my>; > > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:30 PM > > Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users > > > > > Sean Knox wrote: > > > > Sendmail just hangs there when I do a sendmail -v username@domain.net > > > > ... > > > > > It's probably not hung. Wait until the timeouts expire and see what it > > > complains about. > > > > > > -- > > > If a bird in the hand > > > is worth two in the bush, > > > then what can I get for > > > two hands in the bush? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= > Lanny Baron > FreeBSD Systems, Inc. > Freedom Technologies Corp. > 1.877.963.1900 > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kelsey Cummings - kgc@sonic.net sonic.net System Administrator 300 B Street, Ste 101 707.522.1000 (Voice) Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707.547.2199 (Fax) http://www.sonic.net/ Fingerprint = 7F 59 43 1B 44 8A 0D 57 91 08 73 73 7A 48 90 C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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