[lug] Wierd Sendmail vs resolv.conf issue.

John Starkey jstarkey at advancecreations.com
Thu Apr 5 01:18:12 MDT 2001


> By leaving out the namserver entries in /etc/resolv.conf , you will default
> all of your name server lookups to localhost (127.0.0.1). So before you do
> this, be certain you actually have a nameserver running on your localhost.

It's a virtual server Yeah. They're running BIND. But why *adding* the
nameserver line is gonna choke sendmail is a mystery.

> What are the failure messages? (Your logs should tell you why sendmail is
> bouncing the mail.)



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