Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:39:16 -0600 From: "Stephane Raimbault" <stephane@cybersurf.net> To: "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail error? Message-ID: <01bce18e$71b7ae40$626ebace@stephane.cybersurf.net>
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Now that I have done this it seemed to work fine. Then I attempted to run Pine and it didn't start. I tried rebooting and when it was loading sendmail it would seem to freeze so I press ^C to continue the boot which it does. Again Pine won't start. The mail program 'mail' seems to work however. Thank you help, Stephane Raimbault -----Original Message----- From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stephane Raimbault <stephane@cybersurf.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Saturday, October 25, 1997 1:42 AM Subject: Re: sendmail error? >On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > >> I have a standalone FBSD box and I want to be able to use e-mail so that >> the users can leave messages for each other. >> >> The error I get is when I boot up. It reads: >> >> <date> <time> <servername> sendmail[111]: My unqualified host name >> (<servername>) unknown; sleeping for retry >> >> Messages don't get delivered. What is wrong and what can I do to fix >> this problem. > >Put your hostname in /etc/hosts. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >
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