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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Mailq reports nameserver timeout but DNS not running. Lines: 26 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DM1zCv.ECz@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4eo15k$2rq@maureen.teleport.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:05:19 GMT Blake Swensen (nailers@teleport.com) wrote: : : 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? I don't think this is a FreeBSD problem. I suspect you need to change your sendmail.cf file to ignore DNS. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451