Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:09:46 -0800 From: brian@worldcontrol.com To: Mark Barbisan <barbisan@interlog.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS & Qmail Message-ID: <19981220140946.A443@top.worldcontrol.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96r.981220153757.9890A-100000@shell1.interlog.com>; from Mark Barbisan on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 03:41:33PM -0500 References: <367D5FA7.92C9BAEE@voicenet.com> <Pine.BSI.3.96r.981220153757.9890A-100000@shell1.interlog.com>
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On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 03:41:33PM -0500, Mark Barbisan wrote: > 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. I use qmail in the same way you are attempting to. I found it very irratating to change my MUA config everytime I connected to a different ISP. Thus I setup qmail on my laptop to be able to deliver email for me. Depending on which ISP I connect to I get a variety of dynamic IP addresses. Edit /etc/host.conf and make sure that 'hosts' appears before 'bind' in the list. Edit /etc/hosts and add: 127.0.0.1 mylastname.myisp.com mylastname Then run /var/qmail/configure/config while you are _not_ connected to the internet. -- Brian Litzinger <brian@litzinger.com> > 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
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