From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 6 08:53:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA25987 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from f49.hotmail.com (F49.hotmail.com [207.82.250.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA25981 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:53:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by f49.hotmail.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA23868; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:53:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706061553.IAA23868@f49.hotmail.com> Received: from 193.92.252.208 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:53:05 PDT X-Originating-IP: [193.92.252.208] From: "Alexander Batzios" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sendmail stuff... Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 08:53:05 PDT Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk uhm,hello there.Every time I try to run sendmail (like when booting) i get the message "My unqualified hostname "independence" does not exist etc...etc.." and then it sleeps and retries.Anyway,it's the same message other people wrote about here.The only problem is that I have "hostname=independence" in my sysconfig file.Now,after testing a little bit,I found that I shouldn't have "127.0.0.1 independence" in my /etc/hosts file.When I remove that,nothing is wrong with my sendmail.It runs perfectly well.So,I guess it searches the /etc/hosts file for machines to which it delivers mail. However,I need to have the "127.0.0.1 independence" line in my /etc/hosts file because many many other wonderful stuff I run need it.I also need sendmail to run when I connect.I tried to do something with sendmail.cf but I can't say I understand anything in there (only a few parts of it).And,then...I thought of the mailing list.I'd appreciate it if someone would help me out here...thanx.. bye bye --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------