I installed postfix last night and have since switched my smtp server to local via postfix.
This gets me to hostname, which has cornfused me for a while which may play some role here in running a real-life mailserver. I have never really changed my hostname from the default localhost.localdomain because when I've tried, it plays holy hell with my connectivity. As it is, my local dhcp server assigns me a hostname (for instance right now: d152-154.hmbg.utah.edu). If I want to run a mailserver from my box through a dynamic IP, do I merely place whatever name I desire (looking at dydns.com I see I the different options if I pay) into the main.cf file for postfix and not mess with my actual hosts file? Or do I add entries to hosts, network.opts, and main.cf so that I can have <whatever I desire>.dydns.com (for instance)? What are the rules for hostname that would allow me to name my box whatever without breaking my internet connectivity? Do I have to setup masquerading? Or is it simpler than that? praedor On Tuesday 29 January 2002 12:28 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > I am connecting via dhcp to a local network. Since my ip address > > CAN be different on any given day I have been assuming that it > > would be pointless to try to run a mailserver. It would serve me > > alone, no one else on the network, but my intent would be to be [...] > Absolutely doAble! Look into using postfix unless you feel dauntless, > in which case you could setup sendmail.... > > craig woods
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