From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 5 13:03:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6964137B401 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 13:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-f158.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B9D44014 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 13:02:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 13:02:59 -0700 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:02:59 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] X-Originating-Email: [crollins666@hotmail.com] From: "clayton rollins" To: storugglan@telia.com Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:02:59 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jul 2003 20:02:59.0793 (UTC) FILETIME=[6F195C10:01C34330] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem! X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:03:00 -0000 On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 13:56:28 "Thomas Beutler" wrote: > >Hi everyone! > >I'm a total stranger to the Unix world... too long have I dwelled in the >Windows area, and now I'm searching for new horizons and worlds to >explore... the Unix world. I looked around and found FreeBSD interesting >enough to install... and here I am with a strange problem: > >I installed FreeBSD 5.0-Release and got the system running. So far - so >good. Second task: Install bind and get the DNS running. So far - so good - >at least I think so. > >Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. > >I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. >The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... >...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address >user@visthusboden.beutler.se instead of user@beutler.se > >What am I doing wrong? > >I've checked and tripple-checked every file in /etc/namedb/ and everything >looks fine (no missing dots or some simple problem like that) and I've >really read this through in the FreeBSD manual... and still... ??? > >I'm at whits end here folks... please help me out! > I also couldn't find any good doc.s with this info. In fact I was about to give up, when I thought of something simple; the env variable HOST. Looking through the man page, I was unable to determine whether sendmail uses this, but I'd recommend giving it a try. (It may break other app.s, though...) You might also try adding the users to the aliases file. (I know next to nothing about sendmail... I'm not really sure that will do what you want... The files do have man pages, though.) As a final piece of advice, you'll consistently get more/better/quicker help by writing -questions. If no one here gives you a good answer, try there. (I have a feeling someone here knows the answer, as sendmail is pretty ubiquitous...) Peace, Clayton PS. Sounds like you've had some good/fun adventures with FreeBSD already. Congrats! _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail