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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephane Raimbault <stephane@cybersurf.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail error?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971024231042.7229O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bce0cf$fa3ec100$316ebace@stephane.cybersurf.net>

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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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