On 28/06/2010 23:21, Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:12:38 +0100, Michaelmlmichae...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes but I don't quite understand why. It's my laptop system and I don't
really need or want sendmail there.
You may want to reconsider this statement. :-)
I did just that :) So
Hello.
My console is being flooded with this kind of messages:
Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name
(localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Jun 28 15:49:06 prime sendmail[21451]: unable to qualify my own domain
name (localhost) -- using short name
Jun 28 15:50:02
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:46 +0100, Michael mlmichae...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello.
My console is being flooded with this kind of messages:
Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name
(localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Jun 28 15:49:06 prime sendmail[21451]: unable
On 28/06/2010 22:43, Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:46 +0100, Michaelmlmichae...@gmail.com wrote:
My console is being flooded with this kind of messages:
Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name
(localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Jun 28 15:49:06 prime
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:12:38 +0100, Michael mlmichae...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes but I don't quite understand why. It's my laptop system and I don't
really need or want sendmail there.
You may want to reconsider this statement. :-)
I guess it must be some script
trying to send email instead
On 6/28/10 6:21 PM, Polytropon wrote:
But how can I find out exactly what is trying to use sendmail (which
fails and complaints)?
I think it's sendmail itself that complains on startup (running as
local-only delivery system).
That's certainly what it looks like.
The only
change
If you look for My unqualified host name unknown; sleeping for
retry you will get a lot of possible answers; some suggesting to
add your unqualified host name in /etc/hosts.
That line is already in /etc/hosts, both with and without a trailing
period. I still get the ~3 messages about a minute
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for
the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add
sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail
why not just diagnose and fix the root problem?
because I have no clue how to do it, without adopting settings that
I don't want!
Google is your friend my friend (please allow me to call you my
friend).
If you look for My unqualified host name unknown; sleeping for
retry you will get a lot
Dunno about the OP, but my FreeBSD machines do not have nor need
valid FQDNs because they sit behind a NAT firewall (and therefore
do not have externally-identifiable IP addresses). I want hostname
to simply return the unqualified host name (say, foo), not foo.com
nor foo.uucp nor even
I can't check it right now but I'll asap.
- Original Message
From: Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dánielisz László [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:02:08 PM
Subject: Re: My unqualified host name
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:13
This one is set in rc.conf but I'll check once again when I arrive home.
- Original Message
From: Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dánielisz László [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:02:43 PM
Subject: Re: My unqualified host name
unqualified host name
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for
the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add
sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail
: My unqualified host name
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for
the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add
sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for
the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add
sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf
, September 23, 2008 9:02:43 PM
Subject: Re: My unqualified host name
On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Dánielisz László wrote:
I got the following error message on boot:
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
Do you have any idea?
Yes, sendmail expects
Hello!
I got the following error message on boot:
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for
retry
Do you have any idea?
thx.
Laci
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:13:52AM -0700, Dánielisz László wrote:
Hello!
I got the following error message on boot:
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for
retry
Do you have any idea?
Is the name nyana the DNS or in /etc/hosts?
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Jonathan Chen
On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Dánielisz László wrote:
I got the following error message on boot:
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
Do you have any idea?
Yes, sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for the
machine to have
nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown;
sleeping for retry
... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for
the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add
sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ...
There is another
error messages. Here's a view of the syslog:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tail /var/log/messages
Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name
(fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry
Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: unable to qualify my own domain name
(fileserver) -- using short name
Kiffin Gish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine boots
and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get a bunch of cryptic
error messages. Here's a view of the syslog:
[snip]
What I would do is add something like the following to
try and send an email using sendmail, I get a bunch of cryptic
error messages. Here's a view of the syslog:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tail /var/log/messages
Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name
(fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry
Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386
That did the trick, thanks!
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Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands
-Original Message-
From: Stijn Hoop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 14:44
To: Kiffin Gish
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name
Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
how do you fix this ?
Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost)
unknown; sle eping for retry
Make sure the host's names (including localhost) are defined in
/etc/hosts, and that /etc/hosts is being used in name resolution
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:34:37 -0800 (PST), Lowell Gilbert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
how do you fix this ?
Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost)
unknown; sle eping for retry
Make sure the host's names (including
how do you fix this ?
Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost)
unknown; sle eping for retry
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