On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 08:13:53AM +0200, Bas Smeelen wrote: > > >> You can't have a sending domain as thought.org if the @ record for > >> thought.org doesn't exist, IIRC. > >> > >> Look to your DNS for the solution, IMNSHO. > No MX for thought.org > It did have a SOA a minute ago, but this is gone also > >>> > >>> By default, postfix was installed on my ubuntu desktop. I am not > >>> familiar with it. I would =like= it to be sending mail to my server > >>> without the $HOST name instead of $HOST.$DOMAIN name. I know there are > >>> a bunch of us who use this kind of setup: FreeBSD for server things and > >>> some version of linux as a desktop. > >>> > >>> Really, this looks like a postfix blunder. How do I tell postfix to > >>> rewrite th e outgoing address without the hostname? > >>> > This is a postfix question. > Modify main.cf and set myorigin I guess? > http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html >
Yes! changing the line in main.cf lets things get thru to my server cleanly, thanks for the tip. I still don't understand what's wrong with my DNS files. Hopefully, other folk on-list will see what's messed up. -gary > > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is for the intended recipient(s) only. Access, > disclosure, copying, > distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited. If you > have received it > by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"