NOQUEUE: SYSERR (root): host "localhost" unknown ?

[Rommel B. Ikeda]

Jan Grant wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote:
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>>Thank you very much for the reply...
>>This was what was in my /etc/hosts before your response...
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>>	::1		IBM-R40e IBM-R40e at point.ne.jp
>>	127.0.0.1	IBM-R40e IBM-R40e at point.ne.jp
>>	192.168.1.35	IBM-R40e IBM-R40e at point.ne.jp
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>>This is my new /etc/hosts now:
>>	::1		localhost
>>	127.0.0.1	localhost
>>	10.0.0.1	IBM-R40e at point.ne.jp
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>Domain names should not contain "@" characters.
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>>I had to supply 10.0.0.1 IBM-R40e at point.ne.jp because Gnome 2 complains
>>that it can not find it...So, I just invented it...I hope that it is
>>right...
>>One thing I do not I understand is that when I do:
>>	%host localhost.
>>It will be give a "Host not found" response...But, my system is working
>>fine...What do you think is wrong with it...
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>The "host" command doesn't use the full resolver; it uses DNS queries
>only.
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 >Domain names should not contain "@" characters.

This is my careless mistake...just a typographical error...
Thanks for the suggestion and the answer...

Rommel Ikeda