Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:41:33 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Barbisan <barbisan@interlog.com> To: "Peter A. Schwenk" <schwenk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS & Qmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96r.981220153757.9890A-100000@shell1.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <367D5FA7.92C9BAEE@voicenet.com>
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Hi There, Well you are correct, I do have a Dynamic IP Address. I am running Qmail to send out my email (not as a server). I do not want to go through the hassle of setting up Sendmail, and I was told on this list that Qmail was easier. If you (or anyone else for that matter), could perhaps suggest another MTA or have any more suggestions to solve the problem it would be very much appreciated. Thanks for your help, Mark Barbisan. On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Peter A. Schwenk wrote: > Do you have an assigned IP address? It sounds like you don't. If you have a > regular, personal ISP account, you normally don't get a fixed IP address and > registered name. So qmail won't find your made-up host name in the DNS > lookup. > > I don't use qmail, so I'm no help with that. Assuming you have a normal, > personal ISP account, there is no reason to run your own mail server. > > Mark Barbisan wrote: > > > Hello out there! > > > > Well, I am running FreeBSD 2.2.7 on a stand-alone computer and I am trying > > to setup QMAIL. I installed the latest version from the ports section and > > when I run /var/qmail/configure/config I get the following output: > > > > Your hostname is: mylastname.myisp.com > > soft error > > Sorry, I couldn't find your hosts canonical name in DNS > > You will have to setup control/me yourself > > > > DNS works fine when I am connected to the 'net, and I followed every word > > from the Handbook under the PPP Section. Does anyone have any ideas of what > > I should do so I can configure Qmail? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Mark Barbisan. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Peter Schwenk <------------------------------> schwenk@voicenet.com | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Give FreeBSD a try. You won't regret it. | > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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