mail port 8025 conundrum

[David Banning]

> Er, I'm pretty sure it's /etc/host.conf (no "s"). 
> 
> But if your /etc/hosts doesn't contain the hostname you are after, that 
> only leaves DNS, NIS and LDAP (I think) for the host.conf file to 
> order.  For DNS, what does "host whatever.your.hostname.was" show from 
> the machine where you seem to be getting the wrong answer?

Originally there was no banning.ca entry.
127.0.0.1 points simply to localhost

My actual server name is 3s1.com, which points to 209.161.205.12 
(my static IP) in /etc/hosts


You are right about host.conf, but it is almost empty;

root# cat /etc/host.conf
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $
# First try the /etc/hosts file
hosts
# Now try the nameserver next.
bind
# If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line
# nis
root#