[H-GEN] Sendmail problems

[Robert Brockway]

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Martin wrote:

> 127.0.0.1 localhost is the default entry, should I change this?
> 
> these are the first 3 lines of my /etc/hosts:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost
> 203.45.199.87     caffeine	caffeine.dyn.dhs.org
> 203.45.199.87	securemail	securemail.2y.net
> 
> securemail.2y.net is the one sendmail is configured for, it seems to be
> working but is very patchy, refuses remote client connections....
> 
> any ideas would be appreciated,,

The FQDN (fully qualified domain name) should always be first in the
/etc/hosts file.

In addition, duplicate entries are bad (tm).

Change it to:

127.0.0.1	localhost
203.45.199.87	caffeine.dyn.dhs.org caffeine securemail.2y.net securemail

Rob

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