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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!chi-news.cic.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!ip-pdx02-53 From: nailers@teleport.com (Blake Swensen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Mailq reports nameserver timeout but DNS not running. Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 12:00:31 GMT Organization: Teleport Internet Services Corp. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4eo15k$2rq@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx02-53.teleport.com I recently added a FreeBSD 2.1 system to my local network (just two machines). However, all mail, either to or from this machine, justs sits in the mailq and reports nameserver timeout error. I don't have DNS running, and I need to get mail to look at the etc/hosts file instead of trying to reslove the address through some name server. My resolv.conf is clean (no entries), and sysconfig is not turning on DNS. I have looked at the FreeBSD handbook, and they have posted the section about mail yet. I have also looked throught the FAQ and the other newsgroups for an answer, but now help there either. I have two systems on the network: china_cat and phil(the system in question). Mail sent from user@china_cat to user@phil is received by phil but remains in the queue awaiting the nameserver. Mail from user@phil to user@china_cat has the same result. Mail sent from root@phil to user@phil is delivered properly, however mail from user@phil to root@phil is being held in the queue. Any help on this one? Peace, Blake