Hi Mark Yes I meant DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST.. Sorry about that
Postfix seems to be working fine.. I am able to send and recieve mails to the local users I do not have a fixed IP address. Is there anywhere I can get a free domain name for my laptop fr sometime ( 1 week or so) so that I can test my mailman setup on my laptop? Since don't have any FQDN for my laptop, If I want to run mailman on my laptop what should i give the value of DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST ? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > Malveeka Tewari wrote: > > > >I trying to run mailman on my own laptop. > >I have been able to install mailman and it's running (i can view the > mailman > >start up pages) > > > >I have specified the DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST to be my > laptop's > >ip addresses in mm_cfg.py > > > >But am not able to send/recieve mails > >I am also not able to create new lists. > >(When trying to create new lists, I get an error: *Unknown virtual host ) > >* > >Is there something wrong with my postfix installation or with the > mm_cfg.py > >values? > > > Did you mean DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST? > > Note that these should be defined as domain names, not IP addresses. IP > addresses may work in some contexts, but if you don't have a domain > name, you will have problems sending and receiving mail. Note these > are generic problems with mail, and not specific to Mailman. > > In order to be able to send mail reliably, you need a non-generic > domain name with a fixed IP address and a rDNS pointing from that IP > to the domain name. Without these, you will find your mail blocked by > many services. > > After defining DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, > you need > > VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() > > to remove the Defaults.py values from the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary, and > > add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) > > to add the new values. > > Can you send mail from your laptop through the local Postfix? E.g., > with Postfix's 'sendmail' command. > > Can your laptop receive any mail at all, e.g. for a local user? > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
