The RFC stipulates that only an A record is required. Mind you, your /etc/hosts file isn't equivalent to an A record. Configure an override in your transport file for testing.
Oh, and try not to send HTML mails to mailing lists. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Amira Othman <a.oth...@cairosource.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am configuring mail server on virtual machine for testing. I am using > centos 5.6 and postfix-2.3.3-2.3.el5_6. I can send without problems but I > can’t receive mails. I don’t have mx record I tried to add to hosts file but > no change. is mx record a must even if I am using for testing only?? Is there > any alternatives of using mx record locally something like hosts file > > Regards
