Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-29 Thread Steve
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 22:53 -0700, Joe Sloan wrote: Steve wrote: Personally, I would not have a M$ box for anything other than charity. That is to allow those nice far eastern people access to my resources to send UCE. Mind you, most of them buckle under the load I'm with you

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Steve
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 19:20 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: A machine name is required for several email-related Internet standards. No problem with this; Besides, having all DNS names resolve to the same box is not normal usage. This is nothing more than an opinion as far as I can tell. It may

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Wietse Venema
Steve: On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 19:20 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: A machine name is required for several email-related Internet standards. No problem with this; Besides, having all DNS names resolve to the same box is not normal usage. This is nothing more than an opinion as far as I can

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Steve
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 11:42 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: Steve: On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 19:20 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: A machine name is required for several email-related Internet standards. No problem with this; Besides, having all DNS names resolve to the same box is not normal

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Scott Lewis
On May 28, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Steve wrote: Perhaps you can do the same to support your 1980's view of systems administration? You need to get some help with that temper of yours. It's the handrail of the crippled mind. I lurk more than post here mostly as a facet of being in awe of the

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread mouss
Tim Legg a écrit : According to 'postconf -d', myhostname is set to genex.localdomain where genex is an arbitrary name I chose for a hostname when I installed Debian Lenny. When I look in /etc/postfix/main.cf, myhostname = genex.example1.com Is this a normal discrepancy? use 'postconf

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Steve
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 15:20 -0400, Scott Lewis wrote: On May 28, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Steve wrote: Perhaps you can do the same to support your 1980's view of systems administration? You need to get some help with that temper of yours. It's the handrail of the crippled mind. I lurk more

[ot / EOT] Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread /dev/rob0
On Thu May 28 2009 23:21:06 Steve wrote: way of the 1980's 'is the law' that leads to entirely useless, rude and incorrect answers. Replied offlist. I think this thread should stop here. Thank you. -- Offlist mail to this address is discarded unless /dev/rob0 or not-spam is in Subject:

Re: [ot / EOT] Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-28 Thread Steve
On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 23:55 -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote: On Thu May 28 2009 23:21:06 Steve wrote: way of the 1980's 'is the law' that leads to entirely useless, rude and incorrect answers. Replied offlist. I think this thread should stop here. Thank you. And another 'anal' response it was too

myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-27 Thread Tim Legg
According to 'postconf -d', myhostname is set to genex.localdomain where genex is an arbitrary name I chose for a hostname when I installed Debian Lenny. When I look in /etc/postfix/main.cf, myhostname = genex.example1.com Is this a normal discrepancy? Is it even neccessary to have a hostname

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Tim Legg kc0...@yahoo.com: According to 'postconf -d', Which displays the default, not what you set... -- Ralf Hildebrandt Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de Wenn etwas Abstoßendes modern wird, ist es sofort

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-27 Thread Noel Jones
Tim Legg wrote: According to 'postconf -d', myhostname is set to genex.localdomain where genex is an arbitrary name I chose for a hostname when I installed Debian Lenny. When I look in /etc/postfix/main.cf, myhostname = genex.example1.com postconf -d shows compiled-in defaults, not your

Re: myhostname is different between postconf and main.cf

2009-05-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Tim Legg: According to 'postconf -d', myhostname is set to genex.localdomain where g -enex is an arbitrary name I chose for a hostname when I installed Debian Len -ny. As documented, postconf -d does not show what is in main.cf. When I look in /etc/postfix/main.cf, myhostname =