mailx not working ...

[Atul Ram Sahu]

i want to know correct formate for hosts file so that it can resolve name properly

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Your subject suggests that you have a problem emailing (probably to the internet from your server). Is that correct? If so, why do you believe that your 'hosts' file is an issue?

Regards!

...JRF...

[Kapil Jha]

What is the error u getting when u u sending mail (if thas the problem)

Hosts file is just...
IP servername1 servername2

there can be various names u want to resolve to one IP
like for server abc.pqr.com

xx.xx.xx.xx abc abc.pqr apc.pqr.com


BR,
Kapil+

[Jupinder Bedi]

IP Address Fully Qualified domainname hostname

[Michael Steele_2]

'ip address' FQDN Alias's (* more then one alias OK *)

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx HOSTNAME@DOMAIN.com 'hostname1' 'hostname2'

However, this indicates a problem with the Nameserver and Resovlver or BIND network protocols, and has absolutely nothing to do with the SMTP / sendmail network protocols. Related files are:

/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf

What's in here?