Brent L. Bates wrote:

 It is not odd.  You just refuse to listen to those trying to help.  How

many times do they have to say `Check your DNS'?

 Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf and make sure it has a line like this:

hosts: files dns

 `files' comes FIRST and `dns' LAST.

 The file /etc/resolv.conf should have a line starting with `domain' and

have your domain after it. You should have at least one `nameserver' line. If you are running `named' on your local system then put `127.0.0.1'. You can have up to 3 `nameserver' lines.

 Finally, your /etc/hosts file should have a line like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost loopback me

 You should also have lines that correspond with each and every IP address

the system is using. For example:

123.12.34.56 myhost.mydomain.com myhost

 List the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) FIRST and then the short

name.

 Use things like `ping' and `nslookup' to make sure DNS is working.  If

these take forever, 2 minutes for example, your DNS isn't working and you need to fix it.

 One last thing, your mail queue shouldn't be any shorter than 15 MINUTES.

If you are sending out the the Internet and it is much shorter, you will probably end up on someones SPAM list.

Brent,

nsswitch.conf has in it the following:

passwd: files shadow: files group: files

#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns

I do not have any domain line in /etc/hosts just 2 nameservers.

/etc/hosts has 127.0.0.1 localhost

I do also have the line with the correct IP for the machine. IP address space full machine name short name also.

Thanks,

jerry