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Re: Host's IP address can't be found



mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz (Chris Bannister) wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Gloria Brown wrote:
> > I installed Etch on a stand-alone workstation which is the sole
> > host on a local network and has Internet access through a hardware
> > firewall. 
> > 
> > I have a MB ethernet chip, but am using a NIC card. Before the card
> > was eth0, but with installation of Etch on a new disk, it
> > apparently changed to eth1.
> 
> You are getting online ok?
> 
> > I can't mail out with rmail or Wanderlust because the host's IP
> > address can't be found:
> > In exim4/mainlog when I use rmail:
> > 
> >   2007-04-28 06:55:20 1HhkaF-0000qy-WE <=
> > brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com U=brownh P=local S=448
> >   2007-04-28 06:55:20 1HhkaF-0000qy-WE no IP address found for host
> >         brownh@hartford-hwp.com
> >   2007-04-28 06:55:20 1HhkaF-0000qy-WE ==
> > brownh@teufel.hartford-hwp.com R=smarthost defer (-1): lookup of
> > host "brownh@hartford-hwp.com" failed in smarthost router
> 
> [snip unnecessary, INMHO, configs]
> 
> Have a look at /etc/email-addresses[1], where you can map local
> addresses to your isp address.
> Is exim configured to use your smtp server?
> 
> [1] Not sure if /etc/email-addresses is the correct name -- could
> someone check this.

Do you mean /etc/aliases or is this an exim file? (I run postfix)

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
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