help for etc/hosts

[bongkietwins]

Hi

I'm just setup a Mail Server using a sendmail MTA but I don't familiar with the etc/hosts files. please give me an example what I put inside this file.
thanks in advance

[Zahid.Shafique]

in your hosts file simply add this information

1). IP-Address
2). Full-Qualified-Hostname
3). Short-Hostname (alias of your system if any)

IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname

[lasanthaindika]

As an example format is should be,

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.1 abc.pqr.com abc

where,
abc is the host name
pqr.com is the domain name

[NetoMeter]

Hi,
Step3 in the following screencast shows how to edit the hosts file:
http://www.netometer.com/video/indexkey.html?scalix.php

BTW Scalix is a very nice mail server – easy to install and configure, fast and cool web interface and not last – there is a free community edition.

Dean