On Mo, 2006-11-06 at 16:10 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5023]: kA6GZC7V005023: > > ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, relay=localhost > > [127.0.0.1] (may be forged), reject=553 5.5.4 > > <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Real domain name required for sender > > address > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5022]: kA6GZCZV005022: to=root, > > ctladdr=chris (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, > > pri=30029, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.6.0, stat=Data format > > error > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5023]: kA6GZC7V005023: > > from=<chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, size=29, class=0, nrcpts=0, > > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] (may be forged) > > > > The mail is rejected because a real domain name is required. > > Should I define a (faked) domain name for local mail, I didn't have this > > problem on previous installs. > > > > Regards > > Chris > > I am unclear. Did you configure sendmail.cf before you did all this? If so what > configuration did you do? No I never had to configure sendmail before just to send local mail.