RE: Problems with sendmail
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Robert Schmidt wrote:
> I might have had problems with my domain name. I changed my /etc/hosts to
> call myself
> notquitesonic.worldfactors.com (another hostname I had set up for dns
> reasons a while
> ago). Before if I did hostname --domain I would get "com" (since my hostname
> was notquitesonic).
When something like this pops up, try `sendmail -bt -d0.11 </dev/null` -
it will tell you what sendmail thinks about the local host.
[snip]
canonical name: back40.dyndns.badlands.lexington.ibm.com
a.k.a.: back40
a.k.a.: back40.dyndns
a.k.a.: back40.dyndns.badlands
a.k.a.: back40.dyndns.badlands.lexington
UUCP nodename: back40
a.k.a.: back40.badlands.lexington.ibm.com
a.k.a.: [32.224.170.17]
[snip]
============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
(short domain name) $w = back40
(canonical domain name) $j = lig32-225-131-19.us.lig-dial.ibm.com
(subdomain name) $m = dyndns.badlands.lexington.ibm.com
(node name) $k = back40
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> I've been able to send and receive so far, I'll let you know if I have the
> problem again. I was able to send and receive yesterday and then it broke
> again earlier today.
Dialup line ?
> Thanks for the timely reply. I've been wasting too much time fighting this
> problem (I should have asked for help earlier :) )
I know the feeling, I spend alot of time that way myself ;-)
--
Rick Nelson
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