From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 4 05:49:59 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 E688816A404 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 05:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A3BA13C44B for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 05:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l345ncpu069182; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:49:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <46133C6B.5020208@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:49:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Firas Kraiem References: <200704032347.04141.fkraiem@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <200704032347.04141.fkraiem@free.fr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig22F1996322833B6D83103984" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:49:53 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.1/3010/Wed Apr 4 02:57:44 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail and hostname 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: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:50:00 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig22F1996322833B6D83103984 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Firas Kraiem wrote: > Greetings >=20 > I get this message when booting my FBSD home webserver : >=20 > Apr 3 22:23:55 alice sm-mta[509]: My unqualified host name (alice= ) > unknown; sleeping for retry >=20 > From what I've understood after a bit of searching, the answer lies pro= bably=20 > in the /etc/hosts file. So here goes : >=20 > 127.0.0.1 localhost alice > 192.168.1.2 alice > 192.168.1.3 bob >=20 > Any help would be much appreciated. sendmail is trying to work out your fully qualified domain name. In short, it wants a name with dots in. You can just invent a name -- alice.local for example -- and your own sendmail will be happy, but ones it connects to for mail delivery may be less so. That may or may not be a problem depending on your local setup. Or else you can get a name properly registered in the DNS and use that instead. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig22F1996322833B6D83103984 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGEzxy8Mjk52CukIwRCKpGAKCDdD/5vhDg7RO9LBEaTgissmAWswCeMq8h 7OfEtxakVsJ/5YMN/eq/feU= =fDUm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig22F1996322833B6D83103984--