I sent this yesterday to debian-devel, but probably that wasn't the most
appropriate list. Perhaps I'll be luckier here... :)
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This is sendmail version 8.12.3-4, gotten in last night's dist-upgrade
(testing), which ran without any errors.
1st issue:
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Sendmail seems to have broken with the last upgrade. I get errors like:
Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument
Warning: cannot open alias database /etc/aliases
Cannot create database for aliase file /etc/aliases
whenever I run newaliases.
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote:
> Good suggestion. I think it is indeed timing out for want of a good
> lookup. Have host name in /etc/hosts but that doesn't help. Now howto
> hack sendmail into submission! Does anybody know the simple fix to the
> .cf file to make it run? Thanks
I just built a new Debian 1.3 system from cdrom. Lots of things are running
just fine, but somehow sendmail doesn't work. I want sendmail on this one
so I can build a beeper gateway :-) Does anybody have any clues about what
I should be looking for?
Upon startup, sendmail hangs for a couple of
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"D. W. Wieboldt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just built a new Debian 1.3 system from cdrom. Lots of things are running
> just fine, but somehow sendmail doesn't work. I want sendmail on this one
> so I can build a beeper gateway :-) Does anybody have any
> >
> > This happens to me a lot. You have two options: put your hostname and
> > IP address in /etc/hosts, or convince sendmail that it really doesn't
> > need to do a DNS lookup. The second I don't remember how to do, but I
> > think you can manage it from the M4 stuff (which is good; .cf file
Good suggestion. I think it is indeed timing out for want of a good
lookup. Have host name in /etc/hosts but that doesn't help. Now howto
hack sendmail into submission! Does anybody know the simple fix to the
.cf file to make it run? Thanks all!
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On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote:
> WARNING: local host name (shiloh_a) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
It is illegal to use '_' in hostnames, and newest dns servers are enforce
this limitation AFAIK. Use '-' instead.
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