Tries to resolve it to an IP. Don't ask me why, but it does.

On 5 Dec 2001, Kevin Jones wrote:

> Thanks,
> 
> stupid question!
> 
> What does sendmail do with the hostname that causes it to hang if it's
> not there?
> 
> Kevin Jones
> 
> On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 12:12, ABrady wrote:
> > On 05 Dec 2001 11:55:00 +0000
> > Kevin Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
> > 
> > > On my RedHat 7/2 system the boot process 'hangs' at sendmail for a few
> > > minutes before sendmails starts OK. Anybody any idea why this might be
> > > or what I can do to track the problem down?
> > 
> > Add a hostname to your computer or turn sendmail off at boot. It wants a
> > hostname and you aren't providing one. You can use (shudder) linuxconf
> > to add a hostname (sbin/linuxconf if it's installed). Get it off of the
> > second CD if it isn't.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Am I supposed to be impressed?
> > 
> > 
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