>Wietse Venema: >> Len Conrad: >> > main.cf: >> > >> > check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023, >> > >> > >> > but postfix ain't happy: >> > >> > Nov 26 15:23:02 mgw1 postfix/smtpd[92264]: fatal: host/service >> > localhost/10023 not found: hostname nor servname provided, or not known >> >> Postfix does not translate 127.0.0.1 (in main.cf) into localhost >> (in the logging). > >In case people haven't noticed: his main.cf quote says 127.0.0.1 >but the Postfix logs say localhost. > >With 127.0.0.1 in main.cf, Postfix would not have had problems >connecting to the policy daemon.
Until this case, I've always used to avoid name resolution: check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023, ... as seen in my original post. system resolves localhost: ping localhost PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.068 ms but replacing 127.0.0.1 in policy statement with localhost fixed nothing. It was the etc/hosts added to /var/spool/postfix that fixed it. This stinks, but I don't know why. Len
