Yup, but only if configured to run without "bind". See the FAQ below.
http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.22
I am not sure what his problem was but DNS is always a good guess given the
info that was supplied. It could also be misconfigured if "named" is running
and that would slow down sendmail big time. Check out the FAQ's.
Eddie
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Galpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: SENDMAIL (Anyone receiving this?)
>
>
>On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Eddie Strohmier wrote:
>
>> Jon:
>>
>> I see you have hosts set up, but do you have "named" running on one of
the
>> machines so sendmail can translate hostnames. I believe you need "named"
>> (bind) to allow sendmail to run. Check out www.sendmail.org under FAQ
>> section. I am sure "bind" is required at least it is for a large network.
>>
>> Eddie Strohmier
>
>nope, sendmail has been running fine for a coupel of years on a system
>with no dns server, just hosts files.
>
>charles
>
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