Tim Legg:
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> According to 'postconf -d', myhostname is set to genex.localdomain where g
>-enex is an arbitrary name I chose for a hostname when I installed Debian Len
>-ny.
As documented, "postconf -d" does not show what is in main.cf.
> When I look in /etc/postfix/main.cf,
> myhostname = genex.example1.com
>
> Is this a normal discrepancy?
There is no discrepancy.
> Is it even neccessary to have a hostname at all since the days of having s
>-eperate machines for seperate daemons are behind us for most websites? Afte
>-r all, mail.example1.com, www.example1.com, pop3.example1.com,... are all th
>-e same machine these days.
A machine name is required for several email-related Internet standards.
Besides, having all DNS names resolve to the same box is not normal usage.
Wietse
