Tru64 4.0E: Sendmail without DNS/BIND ...

From: Thomas Leitner <tom_at_radar.tu-graz.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:23:07 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi,

In a network without a DNS system (all static /etc/host entries on all
machines) I want an Alpha running Tru64 4.0E to be able to send e-mails to
the outside. Receiving e-mails from the outside is not necessary.
There's a general mail-gateway in the network which can be reached from
the Alpha without problems. The mail-gateway works without problems as I
got Solaris boxes in the same network which can send mails via the
mail-gateway without problems.

The machine has no /etc/resolv.conf file and /etc/svc.conf has all "local"
entries.

I've added the mail-gateway name and IP address to /etc/hosts and tried to
tell "mailsetup" to use it in some way. But apparently it still tries to
resolve names via DNS, which is not possible.

When sending an e-mail with "mailx", there's a "send-mail" process hanging
around forever. The "mailq" command gets stuck and does not output
anything.

Any ideas anyone? I've already searched the list archives without finding
an answer to that.

Thanks // Tom

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