From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 23:21:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA19358 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:21:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mybsd.mybsd.net (citytelprct48.citytel.net [204.244.99.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA19353 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:21:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kwoody@citytel.net) Received: from mybsd.net (mybsd.net [192.168.0.2]) by mybsd.mybsd.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA20220; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:06:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:06:57 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody X-Sender: kwoody@mybsd.net To: Brian Somers cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Gethostbyaddr failed... In-Reply-To: <199711082024.UAA06934@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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.