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Date:      03 Feb 2005 09:34:35 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:    Re: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Message-ID:  <447jlpaf0k.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905020203114fddf7eb@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ef60af0905020203114fddf7eb@mail.gmail.com>

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Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> writes:

> how do you fix this ?
> 
> Feb  2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost)
> unknown; sle eping for retry

Make sure the host's names (including localhost) are defined in
/etc/hosts, and that /etc/hosts is being used in name resolution 
(on 5.3 that would be configuration via nsswitch.conf(5)).



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