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From: Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mailing problem
Date: 20 Dec 1996 21:50:28 GMT
Organization: DNAI ( Direct Network Access )
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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
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== Karl Wiebe == karl@dnai.com ==
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud