From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 27 19:49:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from boris.netgate.net (boris.netgate.net [204.145.147.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226C337B5B6 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:49:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Received: from localhost (wellsian@localhost) by boris.netgate.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA42437; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:48:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:48:24 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian X-Sender: wellsian@boris.netgate.net To: jimmy martin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: domain name In-Reply-To: <20000227200242.E21720@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You'll also need to have your DNS provider point an MX record at your system. This is what tells other systems where to send mail for your domain. If you've already done this, great. If not, talk to the people you used for DNS service on your domain. Ideally you can handle the primary MX on your system and they can handle backup service with a lower MX priority for when your system is down or unreachable. Dave On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * jimmy martin [000227 19:52] wrote: > > I just bought a domain name for my box, Ive got it where i type in the name > > and i can telnet to my box, but i was wondering how i set it up where I can > > get mail to this box if someone mails me at the new name. > > I uncommented the pop3 in indent.conf > > You neglected to mention which version of FreeBSD you're using. > > Depending on the version there will be a file called sendmail.cf > in either /etc/ or /etc/mail, look in there for a line with "sendmail.cw" > you need to edit/create that file (sendmail.cw) and add your domain to > it for sendmail to accept mail for extra hostnames. > > btw, pop3 has nothing to do with it, pop3 is a way to remotely fetch > mail. > > -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message