The remotes file shouldn't be empty because it determines where the mail
is being forwarded to.
I guess that your hostname (in /etc/mailname or in the dhcp response, if
you use dhcp) doesn't include a fully qualified domain name. This
wasn't a supported configuration hence why an empty domain string was
being appended to the default remote name.
Version 1.10 includes logic which should permit this. i.e. default to a
remote of just "mail" if you don't give a domain name in
/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/mailname or whatever other method Ubuntu might
use to determine its FQDN.
In the meantime you can always edit the remotes file by hand and
restart.
** Changed in: nullmailer (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
/etc/nullmailer/remotes file contains string "mail." by default
causing incessant DNS requests that fail.
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