apache not starting: FreeBSd 5.4

[robert]

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 15:14 +0100, dharam paul wrote:
> Yes, it is. But the machine is meant only for local
> intranet. Am I wrng to give this name?
> 
> Regards
> dp
> --- Chad Brown <chadsbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Mon May  1 00:48:28 2006] [alert] mod_unique_id:
> > > unable to gethostbyname("cathy at alfa.alfanet.com")
> > 
> > is your hostname really "cathy at alfa.alfanet.com"? 
> > type "hostname" in a shell.
> > 
> 
> 
> 

It is not a host name, it is an e-mail address. If it is just an
internet host name, try something like cathy.alfa.local ie without the
@.

Regards

Rob