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Date:      Mon, 17 May 2004 23:17:19 +0200
From:      jan.muenther@nruns.com
To:        Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail problems
Message-ID:  <20040517211719.GA2026@ergo.nruns.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040517141611.14cfc388@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
References:  <BAY19-F13r7mI68PsRl0002ca41@hotmail.com> <20040517141611.14cfc388@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>

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> This means you don't have a fully qualified domain name on that box.
> Put it in using hostname in rc.conf, hosts, or what ever does your
> dns.

You actually need to do both - set a hostname in your /etc/rc.conf (using
hostname="what.ev.er") and then resolve that through your /etc/hosts -
follow the example entries. 

Both config files have their own man pages. 

Cheers, J.



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