FC5 boot process, sendmail and sm_client???

[Alexander Dalloz]

Deepak Shrestha schrieb:

> I noticed that if the network card is set to automatic configuration
>     (obtain everything IP address, DNS etc from modem router then boot
> process is smooth. But I give static IP address to my computer then
> that's the time sendmail and sm_client takes forever to start. Why is
> that so? can somebody guide me? I need to use static IP in my computer
> for hosting webpage inside the lan.

Sendmail needs a valid IP <--> FQDN mapping in /etc/hosts. So make sure 
you have a line like

1.2.3.4     mail.domain.tld     mail

in /etc/hosts. Be aware that Sendmail takes the first dotted hostname as 
its own.

Alexander

P.S. no TOFU (top-posting, full quoting) please