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csunix

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I have set up sendmail on a server running Solaris 8 and I'm getting the following error message:- Deferred: Name server: mailhost: host name lookup failure.
I've set up sendmail numerous times before and never had this any ideas?
Cheers, CS
 
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Can you share the solution with us for future refrence.
 
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Running the default sendmail.cf relays to mailhost.YOURDOMAINNAME. If you don't have an entry for mailhost, the default sendmail.cf will error in this fashion. Of course bringing up sendmail without a proper sendmail.cf is asking for trouble.

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