One possibility is that sendmail is doing a dns query during boot to find out what it's hostname is, this is failing because maybe networking isn't up yet.
put your machine name and IP in /etc/hosts and try it again. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob >Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:38 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Sendmail: "550 Relaying denied" after boot up;restart sendmail >solves problem !?! > > > >Hi, > >I have a weird problem with my mail server. >It's running 6-Stable as Feb. 23rd. > >After a boot up, sendmail refuses to deliver >emails with a > > reject=550 5.7.1 [...] Relaying denied > >When I then simply restart sendmail manually: > > /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart > >the problem is solved and email is correctly >delivered without any Relay denials. > > >Any idea what this can be? >And how to get this right immediately after >boot up? > >Thanks, >Rob. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >[email protected] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/266 - Release >Date: 2/21/2006 > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
