how to fix host name lookup failure error of sendmail

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Published on 2010-05-03T18:59:43Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 19:18 UTC
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When I run my web application which sends mail on my dev machine, the mail is not sent. The mail.info file shows that there was a host name lookup failure. How do i fix it? (i am trying to send mail to my gmail account.)

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