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#! rnews 1220 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: cremeans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 96 20:30:00 +1100 Subject: Re: Mailq reports nameserver timeout but DNS not running. Message-ID: <1007163318@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-Tearline: QM v1.30 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 14 > : Mail sent from user@china_cat to user@phil is > : received by phil but remains in the queue awaiting > : the nameserver. > Edit the /etc/host.conf so that hosts comes before > bind. That should fix things. I think he'll also need to comment out the OI option in /etc/sendmail.cf to prevent sendmail from trying to use DNS; sendmail will then consult /etc/hosts. TREV.