From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 15:01:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D28E16A41F for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:01:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin@gish.demon.nl) Received: from post-24.mail.nl.demon.net (post-24.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A7643D70 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:00:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin@gish.demon.nl) Received: from gish.demon.nl ([83.160.27.223]:12305 helo=ZGISH) by post-24.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1Eh6yX-000H9d-3J; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:00:57 +0000 From: "Kiffin Gish" To: "'Stijn Hoop'" Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:00:56 +0100 Message-ID: <000601c5f4f5$b3b42660$2101a8c0@ZGISH> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20051129134330.GI33851@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:01:02 -0000 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 >