Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 03:33:45 -0400 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> To: "Sean Knox" <wintermage@home.com>, "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: "Lim Seng Chor" <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users Message-ID: <01053003334505.20931@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM> In-Reply-To: <OE4eKzGZuNY1SWoBDys00008ad5@hotmail.com> References: <3B14F2B1.19722.2D8B0A9@localhost> <3B14858A.A63BF391@iowna.com> <OE4eKzGZuNY1SWoBDys00008ad5@hotmail.com>
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I suppose you have checked /etc/mail/local-host-names and put in the IP's for which you expect the system to get mail for and also in /etc/mai/relay-domains the same thing. gethostbyaddress is telling you "hey, i don't know such a place" --Lanny On Wednesday 30 May 2001 01:36, Sean Knox wrote: > How long should I wait? I let it sit there for about 6-7 minutes and it was > still hung. > > When I do this, the sendmail log shows the following: > > May 29 22:35:04 freebsd-1 sendmail[928]: gethostbyaddr(10.10.209.143) > failed: 1 > > and nothing more. I have other users still continuing to send email via > sendmail however; those messages continue to appear while waiting for > 'sendmail -v username@domain.net' to do something. > > Sean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> > To: "Sean Knox" <wintermage@home.com> > Cc: "Lim Seng Chor" <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my>; > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:30 PM > Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users > > > Sean Knox wrote: > > > Sendmail just hangs there when I do a sendmail -v username@domain.net > > ... > > > It's probably not hung. Wait until the timeouts expire and see what it > > complains about. > > > > -- > > If a bird in the hand > > is worth two in the bush, > > then what can I get for > > two hands in the bush? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Lanny Baron FreeBSD Systems, Inc. Freedom Technologies Corp. 1.877.963.1900 http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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