Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
Dark, Why not just create e-mail accounts on the box with postfix/sendmail (whichever you use) on it for all of your users and then pop3 or imap it from there? Seems it would be easier than setting up 3 e-mail servers etc etc. Then create all the boxes hosts files identically. (btw windows does do hosts. look for HOSTS.SAM ) so that when you type A@b every box knows who b is... It also might make it work better if you drop the .com from names my sendmail is on jam1 and if I send to james@jam1 from my wifes winders box it shows up in my e-mail spool. James On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 06:59, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Wednesday 25 September 2002 07:28 am, you wrote: > > > I know you have all the correct info in etc/hosts > > Okay. I'll just keep hammering at it (my usual procedure!), reading all info > I can find. I tried playing with Webmin last night but still nothing seemed > to help. The error message I'm getting is: > >--- > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can > delete your own text from the message returned below. > > The Postfix program > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: unknown user: "zerocool" > >--- > > Oh well...I'll just keep at it. Thanks for your input though! > > -- > /\ > Dark< >Lord > \/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On Wednesday 25 September 2002 07:28 am, you wrote: > I know you have all the correct info in etc/hosts Okay. I'll just keep hammering at it (my usual procedure!), reading all info I can find. I tried playing with Webmin last night but still nothing seemed to help. The error message I'm getting is: --- If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix program <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: unknown user: "zerocool" --- Oh well...I'll just keep at it. Thanks for your input though! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 11:09 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 24 September 2002 10:45 pm, you wrote: > > Dark, > > Creating the names on the subnet you are using shouldn't be a hassle. > > To you or anyone else, since it is on an unrouted subnet (192.168) Only > > time it would be a problem is if you ever try to go to a real domain > > named darkforce.com ... you'll keep getting your box. (Yes I've seen > > that happen years ago..) But heck ya gotta name em sumpin. :) > > > > James > > Okay, thanks! (now if I can just get mail between the 3 to work!) ;-) I know you have all the correct info in etc/hosts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 10:45 pm, you wrote: > Dark, > Creating the names on the subnet you are using shouldn't be a hassle. > To you or anyone else, since it is on an unrouted subnet (192.168) Only > time it would be a problem is if you ever try to go to a real domain > named darkforce.com ... you'll keep getting your box. (Yes I've seen > that happen years ago..) But heck ya gotta name em sumpin. :) > > James Okay, thanks! (now if I can just get mail between the 3 to work!) ;-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
Dark, Creating the names on the subnet you are using shouldn't be a hassle. To you or anyone else, since it is on an unrouted subnet (192.168) Only time it would be a problem is if you ever try to go to a real domain named darkforce.com ... you'll keep getting your box. (Yes I've seen that happen years ago..) But heck ya gotta name em sumpin. :) James On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 08:50, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Tuesday 24 September 2002 12:00 am, you wrote: > > when you say set up, do you mean a dns server or a local /etc/hosts file on > > the 192.168.0.1 machine, if the latter then 'darkforce2.com' will > > definitely not be treated the same as 'darkforce2' unless you have set it > > up > > deliberately to be so, when you ping the other machine do you use .com or > > not; why .com anyway? is that a domain you own or just an internal fiction, > > 'cos the mail program won't care about that per se > > > > bascule > > Hi bascule. Yes, I believe that you would have to call it, as you say, "a > fiction". > > I can ping the machines anyway, so that: > > ping darkforce > ping darkforce.com > ping 192.168.0.1 > > all work. Just seemed handier, thats all. I did want to have the IP address > in numerical form, because from what I've read, that can be found when a lot > of other stuff isn't working. > > Do you think this would cause a problem somewhere? It doesn't seem to have so > far. > > Thanks for all your advice! > > -- > /\ > Dark< >Lord > \/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On 24 Sep 2002 at 11:58, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Hi Vox. Thanks for the reply. Well, there is no /etc/hosts in > /var/spool/postfix. You won't have the /var/spool/postfix/etc directory unless you're running Postfix chrooted,otherwise postfix uses the file in /etc so you might the exact syntax you have in /etc/hosts. Ray Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On Monday 23 September 2002 11:51 pm, you wrote: > Edit /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts and add your other 2 computers to > it. That's the file that postfix uses to resolve stuff that isn't on > DNS. > > Vox Hi Vox. Thanks for the reply. Well, there is no /etc/hosts in /var/spool/postfix. Should I mkdir this and add that file? If so, how should the format go? Like: darkforce2.com 192.168.0.2 darkforce3.com 192.168.0.3 Mucho thanks! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 12:00 am, you wrote: > when you say set up, do you mean a dns server or a local /etc/hosts file on > the 192.168.0.1 machine, if the latter then 'darkforce2.com' will > definitely not be treated the same as 'darkforce2' unless you have set it > up > deliberately to be so, when you ping the other machine do you use .com or > not; why .com anyway? is that a domain you own or just an internal fiction, > 'cos the mail program won't care about that per se > > bascule Hi bascule. Yes, I believe that you would have to call it, as you say, "a fiction". I can ping the machines anyway, so that: ping darkforce ping darkforce.com ping 192.168.0.1 all work. Just seemed handier, thats all. I did want to have the IP address in numerical form, because from what I've read, that can be found when a lot of other stuff isn't working. Do you think this would cause a problem somewhere? It doesn't seem to have so far. Thanks for all your advice! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
I posted this same message to the newbie list, had -0- replies so, I'll try here. Thanks. Well, I know this is probably as simple as falling off a log, but... :-) I've got a 3 comp LAN, with Mandrake 8.2 on each, using NFS. We can ping each other by name or IP address, copy files between each other just fine, play games just fine. Now...I want to be able to send mail between the 3. The comps names are: darkforce 192.168.0.1 user-darklord darkforce2 192.168.0.2 user-zerocool darkforce3 192.168.0.3 user jeremy postfix is up and running on each. I can open a shell, do a "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" from my own machine, darkforce, and the mail is sent and received just fine. Trying to do this: "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" results in this: -- If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix program <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Name service error for darkforce2.com: Host not found --- Can anyone tell me what I need to do? Or better yet, point me to a good HOWTO? I tried the google route, found lots of qmail, sendmail and postfix references, but nothing that helped me specifically. Also, "man mail" didn't help. I did see a ref. to a .mailrc file in our /home directores, which I created, but didn't know what to put in it... Thanks much! PS I've got things setup so that 192.168.0.1, darkforce, and darkforce.com all work...so...I wouldn't have had to send a msg as "@darkforce2" would I? -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN? (page error)
at the bottom of that vox web site, you have half a html tag showing up. HEIGHT="0"> just thought I'd mention it.. I viewed it in mozilla. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vox Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2002 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN? "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I posted this same message to the newbie list, had -0- replies so, I'll try > here. Thanks. > > -- -- > > Well, I know this is probably as simple as falling off a log, but... :-) > > I've got a 3 comp LAN, with Mandrake 8.2 on each, using NFS. We can ping each > other by name or IP address, copy files between each other just fine, play > games just fine. > > Now...I want to be able to send mail between the 3. The comps names are: > > darkforce 192.168.0.1 user-darklord > darkforce2 192.168.0.2 user-zerocool > darkforce3 192.168.0.3 user jeremy > > postfix is up and running on each. > > I can open a shell, do a "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" from my own machine, > darkforce, and the mail is sent and received just fine. Trying to do this: > "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" results in this: > -- > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can > delete your own text from the message returned below. > > The Postfix program > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Name service error for darkforce2.com: Host not > found > -- - > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do? Or better yet, point me to a > good Edit /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts and add your other 2 computers to it. That's the file that postfix uses to resolve stuff that isn't on DNS. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
when you say set up, do you mean a dns server or a local /etc/hosts file on the 192.168.0.1 machine, if the latter then 'darkforce2.com' will definitely not be treated the same as 'darkforce2' unless you have set it up deliberately to be so, when you ping the other machine do you use .com or not; why .com anyway? is that a domain you own or just an internal fiction, 'cos the mail program won't care about that per se bascule On Tuesday 24 September 2002 4:35 am, you wrote: > Thanks much! > > PS I've got things setup so that 192.168.0.1, darkforce, and darkforce.com > all work...so...I wouldn't have had to send a msg as "@darkforce2" would I? -- The cat turned and tried to find a place of safety in the suit's breastplate. He was beginning to doubt he'd make it through the knight. (Lords and Ladies) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to send mail between 3 comp LAN?
"Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I posted this same message to the newbie list, had -0- replies so, I'll try > here. Thanks. > > > > > Well, I know this is probably as simple as falling off a log, but... :-) > > I've got a 3 comp LAN, with Mandrake 8.2 on each, using NFS. We can ping each > other by name or IP address, copy files between each other just fine, play > games just fine. > > Now...I want to be able to send mail between the 3. The comps names are: > > darkforce 192.168.0.1 user-darklord > darkforce2 192.168.0.2 user-zerocool > darkforce3 192.168.0.3 user jeremy > > postfix is up and running on each. > > I can open a shell, do a "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" from my own machine, > darkforce, and the mail is sent and received just fine. Trying to do this: > "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" results in this: > >-- > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can > delete your own text from the message returned below. > > The Postfix program > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Name service error for darkforce2.com: Host not > found > >--- > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do? Or better yet, point me to a > good Edit /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts and add your other 2 computers to it. That's the file that postfix uses to resolve stuff that isn't on DNS. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
