Re: [foxboro] sendmail problems after system upgrade

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:22:24PM +0200, spersico wrote:
> 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. 
> > 
ks.

So I'm geussing that either the version of sendmail, or it's config files
gets chnaged in this upgrade?

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