sendmail hangs with errors after setting hostname

[Derek Ragona]

I would suggest setting the hostname as a different address from 
localhost.  There are multiple instances of sendmail that run, as your 
rc.conf file has them enabled.  You can use a private non-routable IP for 
the hostname.

Hope this helps.

         -Derek

At 04:10 PM 2/22/2006, Rob wrote:
>Hi,
>
>OK, I think that I now have my hostname set properly in rc.conf and /etc/hosts
>
>In rc.conf is the line hostname="xenon"
>
>In /etc/hosts there is one line:  127.0.0.1  localhost  xenon
>
>Upon bootup I get the following error:
>
>"xenon sm-mta [1556]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown;
>sleeping for retry"
>
>Then after it sleeps a bit I get more errors.  Finally, I just hig 
><ctrl-c> to kill it
>and the boot process continues.
>
>I looked in the handbook in the Sendmail section and it referred to a file 
>in /etc/mail
>called "local-host-names" and I put that file in with the line: "xenon" in 
>there, but with
>the same results, so I am really not certain exactly what to do now.
>
>I put the Sendmail config part of rc.conf below.  I just want localhost 
>based Sendmail.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob.
>
>
>part of rc.conf:
>
>##############################################################
>###  Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options  ######################
>##############################################################
>
>mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
>                         # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
># Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail and /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
>sendmail_enable="NO"    # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
>sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid"        # sendmail pid file
>sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail"          # sendmail process name
>sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
>sendmail_submit_enable="YES"    # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail 
>submission
>sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
>                                 # Flags for localhost-only MTA
>sendmail_outbound_enable="YES"  # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
>sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound 
>only)
>sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO).
>sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
>                                 # Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon.
>
>
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