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From: sehari@iastate.edu (Babak $ehari)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mailing problem
Date: 21 Dec 96 23:59:29 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
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In <59f1n4$94b@jupiter.dnai.com> Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com> writes:
>sehari@iastate.edu (Babak $ehari) wrote:
>>I have a PC running FreeBSD and not connected to network and does not
>>have network card either. I want to send mail to different users, but
>>I get this massage that the domain not found, etc.
>>
>>I modified /etc/sysconfig and changed the line
>>
>>hostname=Babak_1
>>
>>SO, at least the machine have a name, but still it did not help. Can
>>any one help?
>In /etc/host.conf, change the order so that "hosts" comes before "bind".
>If it is really always going to be standalone off the network, you might
>even comment out the "bind".
>BTW, if you ever use DNS for your hostname, the "_" character is illegal.
>--Karl
>--
It was very helpful, but it did not work until I changed the name to
Babak1 and made following entery in /etc/hosts file:
192.168.0.0 Babak1 Babak1.myplace.mynet
Note that my computer does not have a network card; nevertheless, I have
to give a dumy internet number 192.168.0.0 and add .myplace.mynet at the
end of Babak1 to make it to work.
This may be a good FAQ question, please some one forward it to FAQ editor.
With highest regards,
Babak E. Sehari