Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:41:34 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Rob <rob@roblytle.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail hangs with errors after setting hostname Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060222183825.0262d630@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20060222141030.3f90e2e9.rob@roblytle.org> References: <20060222141030.3f90e2e9.rob@roblytle.org>
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I would suggest setting the hostname as a different address from
localhost. There are multiple instances of sendmail that run, as your
rc.conf file has them enabled. You can use a private non-routable IP for
the hostname.
Hope this helps.
-Derek
At 04:10 PM 2/22/2006, Rob wrote:
>Hi,
>
>OK, I think that I now have my hostname set properly in rc.conf and /etc/hosts
>
>In rc.conf is the line hostname="xenon"
>
>In /etc/hosts there is one line: 127.0.0.1 localhost xenon
>
>Upon bootup I get the following error:
>
>"xenon sm-mta [1556]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown;
>sleeping for retry"
>
>Then after it sleeps a bit I get more errors. Finally, I just hig
><ctrl-c> to kill it
>and the boot process continues.
>
>I looked in the handbook in the Sendmail section and it referred to a file
>in /etc/mail
>called "local-host-names" and I put that file in with the line: "xenon" in
>there, but with
>the same results, so I am really not certain exactly what to do now.
>
>I put the Sendmail config part of rc.conf below. I just want localhost
>based Sendmail.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob.
>
>
>part of rc.conf:
>
>##############################################################
>### Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options ######################
>##############################################################
>
>mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
> # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
># Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail and /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
>sendmail_enable="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
>sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file
>sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name
>sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
>sendmail_submit_enable="YES" # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail
>submission
>sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
> # Flags for localhost-only MTA
>sendmail_outbound_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
>sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound
>only)
>sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO).
>sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
> # Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon.
>
>
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>
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