[H-GEN] Sendmail problems

[Robert Brockway]

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Martin wrote:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and  ]
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> 
> Hey,
> 
> Running sendmail on a Debian box,
> I keep getting this message "unable to qualify my own domain name -- using
> short name".
> Any idea what's wrong?

Look at the first entry next to the IP in /etc/hosts.  Is it a FQDN? 
Rob

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