On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
> > LOL... From your headers, it looks like you're using TIAC/PSI's SMTP
> > server to send your email out, rather than your linux box. Do you
> > really need sendmail running?
>
> Don't know. I'd be glad to be rid of it, although we're thinking of
getting
> ADSL which will change all the rules. Meanwhiille I'll go to
etc/rc3.d and
> take that puppy out.
Good idea.
> > > Unless you were grandfathered in when TIAC still
> offered static IP's, > both your actual hostname and IP will change
each time
> you log in. >
>
> Ah HA !! I knew my IP changed everytime I connected. How can I find
out what
> my host name is ?
Run ifconfig without any extra instructions. Look at the section titles
ppp0 and look for 'inet addr:' on the second line. Of course this is
presuming you're dialled in at the time. If you run:
nslookup [your IP address]
You'll see the hostname there. If you have DNS set up right you'll see
the name and IP of the DNS server and the name and IP of your machine
under it. For example, I use localhost as my DNS server, so when I run
nslookup on my own IP I get:
[iarwain@rigor iarwain]$ nslookup 63.248.56.17
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
Name: 3ff83811.dsl.flashcom.net
Address: 63.248.56.17
[iarwain@rigor iarwain]$
> My goal is to understand how this works at a level that will allow me
to defend
> myself against Microsoft. Nuff sed.
No problem. I'm still trying to find the perfect desktop configuration
of Linux... so many choices... so little USB support...
> So are you saying that all I need is an MUA and I don't need an MTA ?
>
> I'm editting now.
pretty much. If you're using TIAC/PSI for your SMTP (outgoing) email
server, you don't need to run an SMTP server on your machine.
Brian
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