Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:15:31 -0700 From: "Sean Knox" <wintermage@home.com> To: "Kelsey Cummings" <kgc@sonic.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users Message-ID: <000f01c0e8e9$1358e1f0$0201a8c0@sean> References: <3B14F2B1.19722.2D8B0A9@localhost> <3B14858A.A63BF391@iowna.com> <OE4eKzGZuNY1SWoBDys00008ad5@hotmail.com> <01053003334505.20931@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM> <20010530004247.D78954@wingerboy.sonic.net>
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Reverse DNS is in place for the 10 subnet. The interface 10.10.209.143 stated by gethostbyaddr is not being used, and I have not put it in DNS yet. Shutting off the interface prevents that message from displaying. - Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelsey Cummings" <kgc@sonic.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:42 AM Subject: Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users > > This sounds more like a DNS issue to me. Do you have reverse DNS in place > for the 10/net? If not, the easy fix is to add the address to /etc/hosts > and forget about it. > > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:33:45AM -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > > 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 > > -- > Kelsey Cummings - kgc@sonic.net sonic.net > System Administrator 300 B Street, Ste 101 > 707.522.1000 (Voice) Santa Rosa, CA 95404 > 707.547.2199 (Fax) http://www.sonic.net/ > Fingerprint = 7F 59 43 1B 44 8A 0D 57 91 08 73 73 7A 48 90 C5 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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