[SOLVED:] Sendmail - aliases problem

[Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven <r.kuijvenhoven@kabelfoon.nl>]

Thanks Jens,

I finally got it working. I removed the localhost line in /etc/hosts and it works! I have got an empty hosts file now. I wouldn't have figured it out without your help.

Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> These timeouts are likely due to sendmail trying to resolve domain names (specifically, names which can't be
> resolved). Trying making a 'fake' domain for yourself and setting the host mapping in /etc/hosts, ie.
> 
> 1.2.3.4    kuifj.mydomain.nl kuifj
> 
>Robert-Jan wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed sendmail, but when I use newaliases I get (after aprox. 2 minutes) the following warning:
> >
> > WARNING: local host name (kuijf) is not qualified: fix $j in config file
> > /etc/aliases: 6 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 86 bytes total
> >
> > Sendmail is very too. All sendmail actions (starting up, sending mail) take about 2 minutes each.
> >
> > All help is appreciated,
> >
> > Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
> > ----------------------------------
> 
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> jjorgens@bdsinc.com