postfix local LAN server problems

-=Blade=- · Last edited by -=Blade=- on Tue Feb 25, 2003 10:50 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hey guys,

Ok, I'm learning DNS/mail/etc... So far I've setup BIND/courier-imapd/postfix.

I've setup a little internal DNS so that I can ping computers like:
mail.littlelan
cool.littlelan
etc etc

littlelan is a list in bind. I can dig and ping these addresses no problemo.

Problem comes when I send email through postfix. In the error log /var/log/mail/current it shows the problem

... to=<root@littlelan.littlelan>, relay=none, delay=0, status=bounced (Name service error for name=littlelan.littlelan type=A: Host not found)

Yep I can understand why... but how do I make it that emails get sent to root@littlelan instead of root@littlelan.littlelan! It seems like postfix is renaming the addresses....

Any ideas?

-=Blade=- · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject:

*bump*

I've got no idea....

vicay · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 7:14 am Post subject:

Hello,

what is your postfix myhostname, mydomain, settings.
did you specify an MX record for your local domains?

best regards

vicay

TerminalAddict · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 119

also take a look at you postfix chrooted environment.

in Mandrake this can be found in /var/spool/postfix
specifically take a look at /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts and /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf

-=Blade=- · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject:

Hey guys!

Thanks so much for the response, and I found the answer today!

I just read a little on Postfix address manipulation and figured out the switch I need.

Thanks for the responses