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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:44:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>
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Subject: Re: sendmail (groan!)
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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Dave Bodenstab wrote:

> Even when I configure sendmail with FEATURE(nullclient, base486.mcs.net), 
> it fails to use the /etc/hosts file!  All mail is again queued with
> host name lookup failure.

Try rebuilding sendmail's cf file with FEATURE(nocanonify) and
FEATURE(nodns) in your .mc file.

See http://www.sendmail.org/ for info.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major