Dear Stan i also upgrade a system in 6.5.1 the problem is solved adding in /etc/hosts file a column with the loagical name follwed by a dot example ...... 151.128.8.66 AW5101 AW5101. ...... Don't ask me why I know that there could be a CAR or something like open This kind of magic come directly from EMEA TAC I noticed that this is a WP51 only issue also on B station upgraded in 6.5 (as you know there is no support for Bs and Cs in 6.5.1) Bye stan scrive: > Yesterday our Foxboro field services guy "upgraded" one of our nodes from > software version 6.1.2 to version 6.5. I've got most of the resultant > breakge fixed, but I gave a remaining issue with mail. > > I've always just added a line like: > > xxx.xx.x.x mailhost > > to /etc/hosts, that points to a corporate machine that will accept mail for > relaying. I've re-added this line to etc host, and I'm able to ping it from > the AW, but I'm getting messages like this in /var/log/syslog > > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: GAA11741: IVE05537: DSN: Host > unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not found) > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: > to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, > mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host unkno > wn (Name server: mailhost.: host not found) > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: IVF05537: return to sender: > Hos t unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not found) > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVF05537: > to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, > mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host unkno wn (Name server: mailhost.: > host not found) > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: Saved message in > /usr/tmp/dead. letter > > also, on other machines, if I do a ps -ef and grep for "send", I get: > > root 966 1 0 Mar 04 ? 0:19 /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h > > Which I don't get on the downgraded (excuse me upgraded) system. > > I was wondering if anyone on the list had any insight, before I spend a lot > of time diagnosing this problem. > > Thanks for any help. > > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave