Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:30:59 +0100 From: Keith Jones <keith@blueberry.co.uk> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail errors Message-ID: <19980622143059.53088@blueberry.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000501bd9dd8$d50f7a20$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com>; from Frank Griffith on Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 07:25:23AM -0500 References: <000501bd9dd8$d50f7a20$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com>
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On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 07:25:23AM -0500, Frank Griffith wrote: > sendmail[1930]: gethostbyaddr(192.168.0.250) failed: 1 > sendmail[1930]: gethostbyaddr(192.168.0.251) failed: 1 > . > . > . > > When I send mail directly on the server, I also get the same list > of errors. Can someone tell me how I stop the errors. And > maybe what does this mean? 'gethostbyaddr' is a system call which resolves the name of a host from its IP address. It is failing because the IP address is unresolvable. You need to set up reverse DNS for the new IP addresses. Keith -- v Keith Jones Systems Manager, Blueberry New Media Ltd. v | Postal Mail: 2/10 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, LONDON, UK. SW10 0XD | | Telephone: +44 (0)171 351 3313 Fax: +44 (0)171 351 2476 | ^ Email: Keith.Jones@blueberry.co.uk WWW: http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ ^ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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