Subject: Re: sendmail errors when idle with no users
To: Jaime Kikpole <jk7023@cnsvax.albany.edu>
From: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/03/1996 11:26:34
On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Jaime Kikpole wrote:
> My very new system (not even a personalized kernel, yet) puts up
> error messages every so often while no users are logged in. It says
> something like:
>
> <date> <hostname> sendmail[<process number?>]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): My
> hostname (<hostname>) does not seem to exist!: No such file or directory
>
check that 'hostname' is in /etc/hosts, (or in the DNS is you have an
/etc/resolv.conf)
> Any ideas? Only the things in <>s are variables. The rest is a
> quote. Could it be cron trying to send out messages to user root?
>
bingo :)
> While I'm on the subject, how do I set it up to be able to use mail
> programs? I'm assuming that all a NetBSD installation gives is "mail"
> itself. If I set up various directories, is it also set up for pine and
> elm?
>
yup - just drop in pine or elm & away you go.
David/abs (david@southern.com)
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