From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 24 15:57:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA26755 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:57:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gemini.cia.com (root@gemini.cybersurf.net [206.186.110.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA26746 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:57:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stephane@cybersurf.net) Received: from stephane.cybersurf.net (geminippp49.cybersurf.net [206.186.110.49]) by gemini.cia.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA03747 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:57:34 -0600 From: "Stephane Raimbault" To: Subject: sendmail error? Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:55:52 -0600 Message-ID: <01bce0cf$fa3ec100$316ebace@stephane.cybersurf.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a standalone FBSD box and I want to be able to use e-mail so that = the users can leave messages for each other. The error I get is when I boot up. It reads: sendmail[111]: My unqualified host name = () unknown; sleeping for retry Messages don't get delivered. What is wrong and what can I do to fix = this problem. I do have a small TCP/IP network with the FBSD box and Win95 box but = nothing fancy besides the capablitiy of telnet, ftp, http. Thank you for any help and of course your time, Stephane Raimbault ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE09D.AFA45100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have a standalone FBSD box and I = want to be=20 able to use e-mail so that the users can leave messages for each=20 other.

The error I get is when I boot = up. It=20 reads:

<date> <time> <servername> = sendmail[111]: My=20 unqualified host name (<servername>) unknown; sleeping for=20 retry

Messages don't get delivered. What is wrong = and what can=20 I do to fix this problem.

I do have a small TCP/IP network with the FBSD box = and Win95=20 box but nothing fancy besides the capablitiy of telnet, ftp, = http.

Thank you for any help and of course your = time,

Stephane Raimbault

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