I'm trying to get sendmail to work on a dialup-over-ppp internet connection.
Here are some specifics:
hostname = "catbox"
IPaddress = dynamically assigned each time I dial up
sendmail config file = default; /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
how sendmail is started:  #/etc/rc.conf  (at boot time)
                                        sendmail=YES
sendmail_flags="=bd -q30m"

The (abbreviated) return message I get when sending mail to an outside
(remote) user is;
"----The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----
    joe_shmoe@bigISP.net
    (reason: 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address beaker@catbox does not
exist)"
<snip>

To me, this says that sendmail thinks catbox doesn't exist, even though
"hostname [RTN]" gives
"catbox"

I'm sure I'm missing something, but what ???

Thoroughly Confused,
~beaker


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