Probs with postfix

brkdncr · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 92

I was following the guide on the desktop setup docs.

I've opened up the ports I need, and to sum it up, I'm running my own mail server so I don't need to keep telling everyone my new email address as it changes.

I have set up:
postfix
mutt
apache
squirrelmail
php
courier-imap

The problem:

messages don't seem to get through. I think something is messed in the way my machine get's it's IP address or it's hostname/domain name, because I get a message about 127.0.0.1 being used instead of DNS name because DNS couldn't be resoved completely.

What info do you need to help me out?

M_Kelder · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 Location: Netherlands

You can check the /etc/hosts file. There should be something like

psp · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:27 pm Post subject:

Also check your /etc/resolv.conf file.

brkdncr · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 92

psp · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:45 am Post subject:

Do a quick 'dig', from your resolver, for your hostname. Is it returned correctly? Also, what happens if your set $myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf - If you have this set, what happens if you unset it?