Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:31:00 -0800 From: Gary D Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Juha Erkkila <erkkila@cc.jyu.fi> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to configure sendmail to send mail locally? Message-ID: <20021219213100.GB62089@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20021219155015.B7875@itu.st.jyu.fi> References: <20021219155015.B7875@itu.st.jyu.fi>
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:50:15PM +0200, Juha Erkkila wrote: > it seems i can't send mail to anyone locally. shouldn't > sendmail do this? > Do you have ^Cw localhost in sendmail.cf? If not, that may be an issue. (Remember to kill -HUP sendmail.pid before retrying. gary > aot% date > Thu Dec 19 14:46:26 EET 2002 > aot% mail -s test je@localhost > i think this should work, but it doesn't. no mail for me! > EOT > aot% mail > No mail for je > aot% su > Password: > aot# mailq -Ac > /var/spool/clientmqueue (3 requests) > -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient----------- > gBJCkgen000436 59 Thu Dec 19 14:46 je > (Deferred: Name server: [localhost]: host name lookup failure) > je@localhost > gBJA1bKs000084 1438 Thu Dec 19 12:01 MAILER-DAEMON > (Deferred: Name server: [localhost]: host name lookup failure) > root > gBIMULUH000260 108 Thu Dec 19 00:30 root > (Deferred: Name server: [localhost]: host name lookup failure) > elina > Total requests: 3 > aot# exit > aot% > > localhost should resolve somehow anyway, as i can ping it: > > aot# ping localhost > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.104 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.078 ms > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.072 ms > ^C > --- localhost ping statistics --- > 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.072/0.085/0.104/0.014 ms > > i haven't touched sendmail configuration in /etc/mail. should i? > here's some general confuration info: > > aot# cat /etc/host.conf > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ > # First try the /etc/hosts file > hosts > # Now try the nameserver next. > bind > # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line > # nis > > aot# cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > aot# cat /etc/resolv.conf > cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory > > aot# grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf > sendmail_enable="YES" > > aot# top -b | grep sendmail > 79 root 2 0 2780K 2188K select 0:00 0.00% 0.00% sendmail > 82 smmsp 18 0 2660K 2180K pause 0:00 0.00% 0.00% sendmail > > aot# cat /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > 82 > /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m > > aot# netstat -a | grep tcp4 > tcp4 0 0 *.submission *.* LISTEN > tcp4 0 0 *.smtp *.* LISTEN > > i don't run any DNS server, and don't want to run one (at least > not quite yet) > > any pointers on how this could be resolved? exim does this in > the default configuration, why not sendmail? > > Juha > > -- > People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is > no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. > -- A P Herbert, Uncommon Law > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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