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  From: Adam W <woja@optushome.com.au>
  To  : Stephen Donaldson <steelrat@dingoblue.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:36:49 +1000

RE: sendmail stall on start

I dont beleive this would be the problem... as the hosts are set in
/etc/hosts

I can also "ping woja" and it runs just fine.

Thanx for the suggestion.

Adam W.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Donaldson [mailto:steelrat@dingoblue.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2001 8:26 PM
> To: Adam W
> Cc: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject: Re: sendmail stall on start
>
>
> It's probably trying to resove the DNS name with no success.
> Make sure DNS is
> set up correctly. It normally hangs for about a minute trying to
> resolve you
> name and then gives up.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> Adam W wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have just updated my server to Mandrake 7.2 - a fresh
> install, one little
> > problem though - i cant get sendmail to start. I have it to start on
> > startup. But it goes to start it and stalls. Therefore wont boot the
> > machine. I managed to disable sendmail starting on boot and
> read through the
> > logs.
> >
> > I seem to be getting this problem:
> >
> > <snip>
> > sendmail[459]: My Unqualified host name (woja) unknown;
> sleeping for retry.
> > </snip>
> >
> > I never had a problem with having a unqualified hostname with my old
> > slackware box??
> >
> > I am currently running sendmail 8.11.3
> >
> > I am guessing i need to set some config files. But i have
> checked out the
> > sendmail website, and i think their documentation for setting
> up sendmail is
> > quite limited, if u have NFI about setting up sendmail from scratch.
> >
> > Any help/guidance is appreciated.
> >
> > Adam W.
> >
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