sendmail problem

[apichart]

when excute the /usr/sbin/newalaises, I get the error
"WARNING: local host name (smsc3) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
/etc/mail/aliases: 8 aliases, longest 41 bytes, 132 bytes total"

Kindly give me the advise..

/etc/hosts already defined smsc 192.168.9.99
also, run the command hostname, the result I got "smsc3".

[RAC_1]

You have problems with set hostname.

You can start all over by doing /etc/set_params hostname.

Also you can do uname -S "smsc"

Restart sendmail. Problem should gone now.

Anil

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[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Add a alias in the /etc/hosts file with a dott.

125.4.12.125 rj001 rj001.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Hoefnix]

Hi,
sendmail likes to get a fully qualified hostname.
You got as result of hostname smsc3.
See what uname -a tells.
Put a FQDN in /etc/hosts and get the command hostname and uname -n report the same name.

HTH,
Peter

[Geoff Wild]

Or modify this line in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf:

#Dj$w.Foo.COM

to

Dj$w.yourdomain.com

Rgds...Geoff

[apichart]

hi when I check the /var/adm/syslog/mail
I found the error "gethostbyaddr(192.168.9.1) failed:"


Actually, I used the set host ipaddress as "192.168.9.1", now I changed it to "192.168.9.99" So any change has to be done with sendmail application?
Thanks

[RAC_1]

gethostbyaddr(192.168.9.1) failed:

How many nics you have in machine, is all have not been given a name in /etc/hosts, you will get gethostbyaddr error. so put them in /etc/hosts and it should be gone.

Anil

[apichart]

I put /etc/hosts

192.168.9.99 smsc3

but why the sendmail remember the old ip I temporarily used as "192.168.9.1"

[Pratyush Paul_1]

Hi -

you have to restart your sendmail utility in order to make the changes effective. After you have make changes to /etc/hosts & /etc/mail/sendmail.cf. please try to do this

#/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q15

And then do

#ps -aef | grep -i sendmail

And see if sendmail is accepting connection.

Try sending a message.

#/usr/sbin/sendmail -v userid@domainname.com

write your mail here.

. (insert a dot to terminate the mail)

(see the verbose text if there is any delivery error)

Let me know if this works. Please ensure you have FQDN in your /etc/hosts file, and you have DS (smart relay host) defined in your sendmail.cf

regards

Pratyush