I am new to a forum, i found Linuxquestion.org to be quite good.

My problem is that when i run "./config" as part of the LWQ (Life With Qmail) it comes up with the following error:

"Your hostname is servername.domainname.co.za.
hard error
Sorry, I couldn't find your host's canonical name in DNS.
You will have to set up control/me yourself. "

i've though about my DNS and some of the qmail control files, but i am not getting anywhere.

can someone give me some pointers.

I'm running Red Hat 9, on a dual Xeon server, with 1Gb Ram and 400Gb HD.

I'll answer any question about the way my server is setup.

If you run:
dig +short servername.domainname.co.za

Does it return your server IP address?

If not then you will need to add it to your DNS server.

when i run "dig +short servername.domainname.co.za", i dont get anything.

But is it necessary to run a DNS server on the mail server. Sorry to sound stupid, but which file do i add this information (My server's IP Address) into.

Try running ./config-fast pcname.domainname.co.za

e.g. ./config-fast mail.bob.co.za

Or you could always try following the tutorial at www.qmailrocks.com

I got it working a few months back already. There are some steps that you need to skip, depending on your current server configuration at that time.