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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:06:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Gethostbyaddr failed... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.971120230444.20211D-100000@mybsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <199711082024.UAA06934@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>

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> > One thing is now in the /var/log/maillog I see and error gethostbyaddr() 
> > error for 10.0.0.1. Mail works and all, what do I add to sendmail to fix 
> > this? I didnt get this error before I started the sendmail -q  trick.
> 
> Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/ispmail.html.  You probably 
> want the ``nodns'' and ``nocanonify'' bits (if not the whole thing).

Well after finally getting around to looking at the above url I have to 
rebuild my sendmail.cf file eh?

Well there's a nice steep learning curve, but borrowed sendmail book from 
an my ISP's admin and was able to build one within a few hours, though it 
didnt work. But am starting to get the gist of it now.



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