<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, since I don't have a real domain, I can't seem to receive
> anything.
People should not be addressing mail directly to your server, unless
it has a sufficiently stable presence on the Internet (static IP,
DDNS, etc.). They should be sending mail to you c/o your ISP.
> I try to send mail to the server from a remote host, and it gripes
> that the address (whataver.ppp-mfc.etc..) isn't in the rcpthosts
> file.
Right, because you're addressing the mail to the dialup on which
you're connected. Qmail only accepts mail for hosts listed in
/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts. There are two solutions:
1. Add all of your ISP's dialups to rcpthosts (yuck!).
2. Get the mail-delivery-agent to connect to your machine, but
address the mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll find
that quite tricky; indeed impossible in general.
> I also can't seem to receive pop mail (via fetchmail) due to the
> same problem.
Fetchmail can do the job; you should scan your mail log and see, when
running fetchmail, _exactly_ what the error message is. Paste them
into your email's to this list.
I'll guess that they say, "localhost" is not in rcpthosts. You could
just add it; alternately run fetchmail with "-S
localhost.localdomain", or add "smtphost localhost.localdomain" to
your .fetchmailrc file. Presumably, "localhost.localdomain" IS in your
rcpthosts.
Good luck,
-Len.
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