Re: What hostname do you use on your computer?

[Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

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