Knute Johnson schrieb:
So now sendmail hangs on startup for about 2 minutes. There must be
something else to set?
Thanks,
knute...
[knute@knute ~]$ hostname
knute
[knute@knute ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.3.5 knute
[knute@knute ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
HOSTNAME=knute
[knute@knute ~]$
Sendmail requires a dotted hostname, thus means hostname to be not just
a short one but a FQDN.
If you have no public resolving DNS name for your mail host, then you
may set your hostname to
knute.example.net
and having following line in /etc/hosts
192.168.3.5 knute.example.net knute
If you relay through a different MTA, i.e. your ISP's one, make sure the
envelope sender and header from: are set properly, if the relay host
does not masquerade it for you.
Alexander
