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 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
