Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 01:19:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> To: Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Host name for sendmail. Message-ID: <20030726011501.C53224-100000@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> In-Reply-To: <3F21B49D.3050801@rbcmail.ru>
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Constantine wrote: > Hello, > > I have a FreeBSD 4.8 box, I run it for my local small home network I > use it as a router. My DSL-modem has a NAT feature, and FreeBSD does not > have any routable ip-address, only the modem does. > > My sendmail always complains about the domain name every time I start my > FreeBSD, and the system is hanging for 2 minutes, until the sendmail > finally starts. What I want to do, is to keep my own sendmail (I use it > as my smtp-server), but I do not want the system to wait 2 minutes until > the sendmail starts. What can I do? > Hi! Well, do the following: in /etc/hosts, enter your domain name. then, edit the file: /etc/mail/service.switch (or the corresponding file location defined in sendmail.cf) with the values : files dns to make sendmail first look in /etc/hosts and then try to resolve via DNS. Alternatively, in sendmail.cf there is the option to specify the own host name in case sendmail cannot determine it automagically. BTW: sendmail wants some FQDN, like cnts.local or something. Missing dots are iritating to sendmail. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)
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