On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Chris Howie wrote:
> Daniel Webb wrote: > > I had to make my /etc/hosts file like this before exim4 worked right in this > > respect: > > > > 127.0.0.1 foobar.com localhost > > > > not > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost foobar.com the corrrect way should be: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost w.x.y.z exim.foobar.com exim mailhost mail ... hostname -s should only return "mail hostname -f should return mail.foobar.com hostname -d should return foobar.com if not... your dns is broken or /etc/hosts file some apps seems to care about the order in /etc/hosts of the fqdn vs the shortnames, while other apps doesn't care c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
