Paul Rimmer wrote: > > Thank mds, I changed the MAIL_DOMAIN in posixness.conf to match the one I > get inside the dhcp lease: > > option domain-name "cg.shawcable.net"; > > After a reboot, mailing works like a charm. Should this DHCP option > domain-name be used by Dahcstein to set its domain (in > posixnes.conf:MAIL_DOMAIN and network.conf:DOMAINS) rather than using the > default private.network?
Not necessarily. You may want a private domain name inside your network. You may interfere with the public domain if your addresses are public and you use some name already known to another DNS and you'er running a public DNS . . . > If so, would it be simple to automatically use this to set the relevant > domain variables? I believe that that variable exists for sake of your situation. Think carefully before you do it another way -- it may or may not be a good thing . . . > > > # mail -s "LRP Log" [EMAIL PROTECTED] </var/log/syslog > > > Error: Unknown response. > > > RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 3: 553 Ronin-Firewall.private.network does not exist > > > > This is your problem ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- your smtp server, > > ``femail.ab.wave.home.com'', will not send mail from a source that > > cannot be confirmed and ``private.network'' is *not* a valid domain. > > > > > posixness.conf: > > > # Host SMTP server for the 'mail' command. If blank the host > > 'mail' is used. > > > MAIL_SERVER="femail.ab.wave.home.com" > > > > > > # From: domain to send to mail server. If blank, `hostname -f` is used. > > > #MAIL_DOMAIN="mydomain.net" > > > > You need to set this variable to a domain that exists and is acceptable > > to ``femail.ab.wave.home.com'' -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
