On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Mike wrote: > OK I've downloaded Qmail and read the docs and have it half installed. As > usual I have a question, this bit is from a HOWTO
> -You MUST have a working DNS, and your system must have a DNS name. > -qmail does not search an /etc/hosts file in order to look up domain names. > -A workaround is possible using /var/qmail/control/smtproutes, but doing this > -is not recommended, or desirable in most cases. > I do not have a DNS server installed so I pressume that I can not use Qmail? You could probably point qmail at your isp's dns servers. > It asked me for my fully qualified domain name during the first part of the > install, I do not have one so used 'm2k.localdomain' (M2k is the machine > name). I really do not understand anything about DNS and have always assumed > I could pop anything into /etc/hosts. > All i really need from an MTA is to be able to get mail out to the internet > from my local network and to send mail from PHP and Perl scripts (emulating a > typical ISP's /usr/sbin/sendmail). All my incomming mail is from my ISP's > POP3 but (eventually) I'd like to use fetchmail and procmail. You need exim, then, not qmail :-) Exim is much easier to configure, especially with dialup connections (qmail just doesn't expect to run from a dynamic ip). Fetchmail will work with whichever smtp server you install, and I assume the same goes for procmail (I don't use it). -- Miah Gregory -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
