gethostbyaddr Error

SoloCDM deedsmis at aculink.net
Mon Jan 8 23:43:02 UTC 2001


Barry Margolin stated the following:
> 
> In article <93dgki$i9t at pub3.rc.vix.com>, SoloCDM  <deedsmis at aculink.net> wrote:
> >The following error occurs in /var/log/maillog:
> >
> >sendmail[32602]: gethostbyaddr(204.118.157.122) failed: 1
> >
> >Because I'm connected to an ISP, the last set of numbers (after
> >the last period) change with every ISP connection, so how can I
> >put a generic entry in DNS?  The host is either mail.aculink.net
> >or aculink.net . . . I just don't know which is more appropriate
> >or standardization.
> 
> You should create DNS entries for all the hosts in your address block.  You
> can do this easily with the $GENERATE directive in the zone file.

All entries for each host was done.

What is $GENERATE?  How is it accessed?

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