From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 19 23:42:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B95C16A405 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp105.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp105.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC8D413C50B for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 11717 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2007 23:42:06 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=jNylqgFL/j0+YVJ6AD0tzSm7oJHbwjN3JfHF+NqVgLObJHF7pckaVWB/78mHppMStsCjGi74DXtZkaVFO4pwvtzUEnHk7VMYZMbp59mO5pXrSb08COUNutB07ShpOHQaeekwWWSkeVN/oCcif5MzA3ouET/CJFUILTHLAjTO0z8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp105.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Mar 2007 23:42:06 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: rlbhAhMVM1k6tyY5fT._FFqqm.pbux.GcRLzBfRs6ru.CcUJ.qbov4xXFKml3WglqSAXIv519F8XzcRGzm8Mo29PzRunSZSlQJ9VmNyuDo6rzR5JY0ocNEx0OpMhJVBLa9LpvnAPhJYpIS8- In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070319061205.0253b728@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20070319061205.0253b728@mail.computinginnovations.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <37ed0aedef240d9d3cee66631408c005@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:42:13 -0800 To: Derek Ragona X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: sendmail name resolution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:42:11 -0000 On Mar 19, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: > Sendmail uses the system calls to resolve names. You need to check: > /etc/nsswitch.conf > > In that file check the hosts line, this gives the order for hostname > resolution, typically it is files then dns. > > Then you should check your /etc/hosts file to be sure that localhost > is there and correct. > > Also check /etc/resolve.conf that you have the correct nameservers for > dns lookups. > > -Derek > > > Thanks, I look into all your suggestions. I think I have gone through this before but I do not install OS's often enough to remember these details. I also have so many books on Unix and related subjects, networking, dns, etc etc that I forget where to find the answer. Jeff K