On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Riccardo Gusso wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 21:52, Steve Mayer wrote: > > Riccardo, > > > > Try adding your local machines hostname and IP address in here. Not > > just the localhost entry. Sendmail is hanging because it cannot > > resolve your hostname. > > > > I am not in a local network, my machine is a laptop and I access > internet using the wireless lan of the university trough a dhcp server, > so I don't really know what else to add in /etc/hosts > I have tried also to add an '&' in the /etc/init.d/sendmail script, but > it doesn't work, and I get an error message sayng that the syntax of the > script is not correct. > Btw, I have the same problem even using exim instead of sendmail. > Bye, > Riccardo
I think sendmail is missing a DNS ... what is your /etc/resolv.conf saying? Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit http://www.wreckingpit.com http://home.tiscali.de/oliverfuchs/debian/muttrc http://home.tiscali.de/oliverfuchs/debian/procmailrc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
