Re: [exim] no host name found for IP address 10.0.0.3

On 04/06/2009, Unique_User <robert.muench@???> wrote:
>
> Hi, I know if this shows up in the msglog it's only warning. But anyway, I
> would like to have my setup in a way this it's not happening.
>
> I have ASSP (spam blocker) running on port 25 on machine 10.0.0.3
> (mail.mydomain.com) and exim4 is running on port 2525. This port is not
> reachable from the outside, only from internal 10.0.0.x addresses.
>
> For the internal network I don't have a DNS running and I think it's not
> necessary. The network consists of three XEN virtual systems tied together.
>
> Any idea how to get rid of this warning? Or is it better to add a DNS /
> hosts entry?

The reverse host lookup is triggered only when something in your
config asks for sender hostname information. If you prune such things
from your config, you can make the warning go away.

A hosts entry would be significantly easier, I suspect.

Peter

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