Re: trying out postfix


Subject: Re: trying out postfix
gkvokov@ieee.org
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 16:37:09 AKDT


Brian,
Tried that and couldn't get postfix to start up. Any other suggestions?

At Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:04:42 -0900, you wrote
>Simply from my DNS experience, you may want to consider trying
>
>myhostname = .techalaska.com
>
>Note the dot before 'techalaska'. I don't know if this will work, but its work
>a try isn't it?
>
>
> -Brian ThunderEagle (Web/Network Administrator)
> furbs@arcadia.2y.net
> http://arcadia.2y.net
> http://akfragfest.n3.net
>
>Quoting gkvokov@ieee.org:
>
>> hello all,
>> I'm trying out postfix and still having problems sending out mail. Now I'm
>> getting back that "domain does not exist".
>>
>> The settings are:
>> myhostname = sspeedy.techalaska.com
>> mydomain = techalaska.com
>> myorigin = $mydomain
>>
>> All outgoing emails have user@sspeedy.techalaska.com. I tried changing
>> myhostname to mail.techalaska.com and restarting postfix with
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix stop, then /etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix start. But,
>> the
>> emails still go out as user@sspeedy.techalaska.com.
>>
>> For the heck of it I've also tried changing myhostname to just
>> techalaska.com,
>> I don't get the "domain does not exist" response, the emails still go out
>> as
>> user@sspeedy.techalaska.com, and the email never arrives at the
>> destination.
>>
>> I thought that $myorigin should have the emails going out as
>> user@techalaska.com. Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>> Greg
>>
>>
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