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From: Ferry Winarta <ferryw@softplus.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Question about sendmail configuration.
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:34:10 +1000
Organization: Corinthian Internet Services P/L, Sydney, Australia.
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Comment out OI options from your sendmail.cf.

On 4 Sep 1995, Kwak Jong-Geun wrote:

> Date: 4 SEP 1995 06:41:48 GMT 
> From: Kwak Jong-Geun <kwak@gloria.postech.ac.kr>
> Newgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> Subject: Question about sendmail configuration. 
> 
> hi, 
> I have trouble with sendmail, in FreeBSD 2.0.5R.
> sendmail can't find hostname when i address recipient as the form 'kwak@madonna'.
> 
> 	glria(30)> echo test |sendmail -v kwak@madonna
> 	kwak@madonna... Host unknown (Name server: madonna: host not found)
> 	Saving message in /home1/NLP/kwak/dead.letter
> 	/home1/NLP/kwak/dead.letter... Sent
> 
> but when I use FQDN as recipient, it recognizes.
> 
> 	gloria(31)> echo test | sendmail -v kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr
> 	kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr... Connecting to madonna.postech.ac.kr. (smtp)...
> 	220 madonna.postech.ac.kr Sendmail 4.1/SMI-4.1 ready at Mon, 4 Sep 95 15:37:59 KDT
> 	>>> HELO gloria.postech.ac.kr
> 	250 madonna.postech.ac.kr Hello gloria.postech.ac.kr, pleased to meet you
> 	>>> MAIL From:<kwak@gloria.postech.ac.kr>
> 	250 <kwak@gloria.postech.ac.kr>... Sender ok
> 	>>> RCPT To:<kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr>
> 	250 <kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr>... Recipient ok
> 	>>> DATA
> 	354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
> 	>>> .
> 	250 Mail accepted
> 	kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr... Sent (Mail accepted)
> 	Closing connection to madonna.postech.ac.kr.
> 	>>> QUIT
> 	221 madonna.postech.ac.kr delivering mail
> 
> Other applications, such as ping, telnet, rlogin.. etc. are work properly 
> though I don't give FQDN.
> 	e.g> 'ping madonna' works well
> 
> my /etc/host.conf file is set to use nis, bind, hosts files.   But any ordering
> of this entries does not solved this problem.
> 
> Anyone can help me?
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> 
> 
>           _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
>          _/                                _/
>         _/  kwak@madonna.postech.ac.kr    _/   _   , _       __   _   , 
>        _/  kwak@vision.postech.ac.kr     _/   ' ) / ' )   / /  ) ' ) /
>       _/  T.+82-0562-279-5656           _/     /-<   / / / /--/   /-< 
>      _/  KLE. PIRL. POSTECH.           _/     /   ) (_(_/ /  (_  /   )
>     _/ ------  Kwak Jong-Geun   ----  _/
>    _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> 
> 
> 

Best Regards

Ferry Winarta					     
ferryw@softplus.com.au