Thanks guys. That was it. Just changed (hosts) entry xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Penguin Penguin
to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Penguin.localdomain Penguin And bobs you're uncle. Thanks again ------ original message ------ From: Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CLUG TALK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue Jun 03 18:55:15 MDT 2003 Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Running Sendmail Internally Does it have a valid domain name like penguin.localdomain or <br>penguin.openenterprise.ca? <br> <br>Jesse <br> <br>On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 18:44, Johnny Stork wrote: <br>> I am trying to get various host/service notifications running on one of my internal servers but messages dont get out and sendmail fails with the following <br>> <br>> Jun 3 18:40:19 Penguin sendmail[14581]: My unqualified host name (Penguin) unknown; sleeping for retry <br>> <br>> Since it is an internal machine it only has the hostname "Penguin" but sendmail does not seem to like the unqualified host name. <br>> <br>> Does anyone know how I can fix this without changing the machines hostname? <br>> <br>> <br>> <hr> <br>> <b><font color=blue size=4>Open Enterprise Solutions</font> <br>> <font color=red>Linux & Open Source Solutions for Business</font></b> <br>> <br>> Johnny Stork, B.A. <br>> Calgary, AB <br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.openenterprise.ca";> <br>> www.openenterprise.ca</a> <br>-- <br>Jesse Kline, RHCT <br>http://www3.telus.net/public/klinej/resume.html <br>
