From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 25 14:59:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD14937B401 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 14:59:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78B0B43EA9 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 14:59:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01B01294; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 23:59:54 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 223D22FDAF5; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 23:59:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 23:59:52 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Jim Arnold Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: once last try Message-ID: <20021225225952.GU690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Jim Arnold , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20021223112336.4286.qmail@web10707.mail.yahoo.com> <20021223123554.GB690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021223144533.GH690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021223174650.GN690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # jarnold@knightridder.com / 2002-12-24 10:48:42 -0500: > >is your outside IP static, or DHCP? > > > > static: > > > > a) 1. put hostname="a11d015.neo.rr.com" in /etc/rc.conf > > 2. let postfix get it from gethotname() > > b) 1. leave /etc/rc.conf as it is > > 2. put myhostname = a11d015.neo.rr.com in > > $config_directory/main.cf > > > > DHCP: > > > > can't really help, but ISTR the DHCP client can update it's hostname > > from the server. if this is true: > > > > 1. configure DHCP to update the hostname from the server > > 2. put myhostname = a11d015.neo.rr.com in $config_directory/main.cf > > > > but I might be on crack. > > I put a11d015.neo.rr.com as my hostname in Postfix and everything > seems to work well, except I tried to subscribe to the questions list > with this new setup but it doesn't seem to work. I get a response > from majordomo saying that it is sending another email to my address > as an authorization key but that email never arrives. > > Any ideas? Hmm... What's in a11d015.neo.rr.com:/var/log/maillog ? -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message