Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:55:52 -0600 From: "Stephane Raimbault" <stephane@cybersurf.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: sendmail error? Message-ID: <01bce0cf$fa3ec100$316ebace@stephane.cybersurf.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. I do have a small TCP/IP network with the FBSD box and Win95 box but = nothing fancy besides the capablitiy of telnet, ftp, http. Thank you for any help and of course your time, Stephane Raimbault ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have a standalone FBSD box and I = want to be=20 able to use e-mail so that the users can leave messages for each=20 other.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The error I get is when I boot = up. It=20 reads:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><date> <time> <servername> = sendmail[111]: My=20 unqualified host name (<servername>) unknown; sleeping for=20 retry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Messages don't get delivered. What is wrong = and what can=20 I do to fix this problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I do have a small TCP/IP network with the FBSD box = and Win95=20 box but nothing fancy besides the capablitiy of telnet, ftp, = http.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you for any help and of course your = time,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Stephane Raimbault</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100--
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