On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 07:08:22AM -0800, Peter J. Stieber wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 08:56:14PM +0900, John Summerfield wrote: >>> Chris G wrote: >>>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:28:16PM +0530, Vivek J. Patankar wrote: >>>>> Chris G wrote: >>>>>> I don't want to open up port 25 and it seems a bit silly anyway to >>>>>> send mail on such a long round trip. Is there any way I can tell >>>>>> sendmail that home.isbd.net is localhost (or 192.168.1.1)? I have an >>>>>> entry for home.isbd.net in my /etc/hosts file which is:- >>>>>> 192.168.1.1 home home.isbd.net >>>>> Try adding 127.0.0.1 as home.isbd.net in the hosts file. >>>>> >>>> There's a big comment in /etc/hosts saying that breaks things. >>> >>> He said "add," not "change" or "replace." It shouldn't take long to see >>> what it breaks, if anything. >>> >> The comment says:- >> # By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@xxxxxxxxxxx> says that >> 127.0.0.1 >> # should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes >> problems >> # for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^) >> # > > Chris, > > Have a look at > > http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch21_:_Configuring_Linux_Mail_Servers > This *isn't* what I want to do, I don't *have* any "incoming mail" or "outgoing mail" > Note the 127.0.0.1 line they use. It is about one quarter of the way down > the page. > > Doing this and removing your 192.168.1.1 line in hosts is a way to "tell > sendmail that home.isbd.net is localhost". > Yes, and I'm pretty sure it will screw up various other things. > Depending on your configuration, you may be able to get away with only > removing the 192.168.1.1 line in /etc/hosts. The Machine will know its > name is associated with 192.168.1.1 from > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth*. > > Pete > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Chris Green
