Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:00:56 +0100 From: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> To: "'Stijn Hoop'" <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ... Message-ID: <000601c5f4f5$b3b42660$2101a8c0@ZGISH> In-Reply-To: <20051129134330.GI33851@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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That did the trick, thanks! -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: Stijn Hoop [mailto:stijn@win.tue.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 14:44 > To: Kiffin Gish > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ... > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I recently installed a fileserver which is restricted to > the internal > > network and which I refer to simply as 'fileserver' (pretty > creative, > > right). > > > > However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine > > boots and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get > a bunch of > > cryptic error messages. Here's a view of the syslog: > > > > root@fileserver# tail /var/log/messages > > Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: unable to qualify my own > > domain name > > (fileserver) -- using short name > > Nov 29 13:52:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: My > unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:53:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: unable to > qualify my own > > domain name (fileserver) -- using short name > > ... > > Nov 29 13:56:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: My unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:57:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: unable to qualify > my own domain > > name (fileserver) -- using short name > > ... > > > > Can anyone please help me? > > It's missing it's domain name apparently (i.e. the things > after the first . in fileserver.my.domain.nl). Either make > sure it's in the DNS or list it in /etc/hosts. > > --Stijn > > -- > Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children > already know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the > dragons can be killed. > -- G.K. Chesterton >
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