Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 01:56:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: sehari@iastate.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with mailing to the user of the same machine. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961222015516.243J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9612211951.AA04856@eng3.iastate.edu>
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On Sat, 21 Dec 1996 sehari@iastate.edu wrote: > Hello, > > For some reason I can not send mail to the users in my own machine! > My computer does not have a network card and I am using Generic Kernel > ver 2.1.0. Whenever, I try to send a mail I get following response: > My host name (Babak_1) does not seem to exist. > Of course, I modified /etc/sysconfig line homename to > hostname=Babak_1 This is an invalid hostname by current BIND convetions. Don't use underscores. babak-1 is a proper hostname. You need to add an entry for yourself in /etc/hosts. > Since I do not have a intenet card it is silly to add @nowhere.nothing > Therefore, I did not add that to the end of the above line. > What other files in sysconfig I should modify, in order to make my mail > program to work? /etc/hosts. Also make sure /etc/resolv.conf points to your local nameserver. 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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