Andrew McGill wrote:
>> I set /etc/hostname to 'niof.net' and restarted exim.
>>     
> The current host name is set with the 'hostname' program under Linux
>
> The fully qualified host name is looked up in /etc/hosts:
>   
> Set the host name properly, and restart exim.  Failing that reboot, but you 
> don't have to.
>   
Why is all this messing about necessary?

Our mail servers have hostnames that aren't in external DNS, I just have 
"primary_hostname = mail.jaswin.com.au" and that is what they claim to 
be when talking to the outside. Why does the system's hostname have to 
match what it claims to be?

*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
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