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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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On Monday 29 September 2003 09:23 am, Darryl Hoar wrote:
> Greetings,
> I installed 4.7 this past weekend.  I screwed up a bit when I
> did the post install configure and didn't specify the domain name.
> Now, I get sendmail messages about not being able to figure
> out the fully qualified domain name, and using the short.  This
> happens with an annoying frequency.
>
> I put sendmail_enable="NON" in the /etc/rc.conf file and
> rebooted.  My understanding of the "NONE" value is that
> none of the sendmail processes are started.  When I rebooted,
> none of the sendmail errors showed.  I logged in and did my thing.
> Next time when I sent to the screen, the domain name messages
> (from sendmail client, queue, etc) were back.
>
> 1.  how do I specify the domain name once I have already finished
>     the post install configuration ?

Add an entry for your computer in /etc/hosts

>
> 2. How do I totally get sendmail shutdown ?

In /etc/rc.conf, try sendmail_enable="NO".

>
> thanks,
> Darryl