A. Schulze:
>
> Viktor Dukhovni:
>
> >> general advice: check your /etc/resolv.conf
> >> usually there is no need for other lines then "nameserver $NAMESERVER_IP"
> >> especially check if "searchdomain" is present and needed and should be
> >> removed.
> >
> > This advice is not right, Postfix works ...
>
> Yes, BUT:
>
> I had not only postfix in mind. Other server software does not so many things
> right as postfix does. For that reason "general" ...
>
> A server should generally be well configured to use only fully
> qualified domainnames.
> As a consequence a server does not need a searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf
> and therefor it could be removed.
> I do so for many years and saw some strange things went away.
> That's simply my experience running numerous different server over the years.
If some vendor appends domains despite Postfix turning that off,
please file a complaint. That vendor is not helping.
Wietse
