Subject: Re: FQDN
To: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/14/2001 21:28:50
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 12:06:29PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> Quoting Manuel Bouyer (13-May-01 13:48:42):
> 
> > On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 08:52:02AM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> >> Hi.
> >> 
> >> I use NetBSD on a local LAN (3 machines in total). Every night (by
> >> a daemon), I get the message that my hostname is not entered as
> >> FQDN, which is true.
> 
> > I suspect it's sendmail which is complaining.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> > If so, you may want to
> > tweak /etc/mail/semdmail.cf and add something like:
> > Djlocalhost.antioche.eu.org
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> That's the point. What shall I enter here. My domain changes all the
> time when I log in to my primary ISP (provider) [the IP address
> changes at every dialup], and also when I call my alternate ISP.

What you want; it doesn't matter as long as this FQDN host name is defined
in /etc/hosts and points to your machine (either 127.0.0.1 or your local
interface).
Of course it's better to set it to the FQDN you usually use for your emails
(e.g. localhost.geohei.lu)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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