qmail REQUIRES DNS.
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Viral H. Shah wrote:
> Hi!
> I have recently converted myself to a Linux user and am trying to make
> it my File & Print Server along with my Mail Server. Everyone whom I
> asked, referred my to qmail as the best MTA for the Mail Server. So I
> downloaded the source files and followed the instructions to remove
> sendmail and install qmail.
>
> Well, during the installation, I had one slight problem after the
> installation recognised my domain name - a soft error because the setup
> could not resolve the domain name. It asked me set up the control/me
> file manually. Everything else worked well.
>
> I am able to see the daemons start up properly when I reboot. However,
> when I try the TEST.deliver (test message to self), I am faced with the
> problem. The mail does not reach me. In the log files it says something
> like CNAME error.
>
> I went through the FAQ and found out that this is happening becasue the
> DNS server is down. This makes sense because my machine is not set up
> for DNS. I was wondering whether DNS is really required if I am going to
>
> send messages locally (on the intranet).
>
> Basically, I have about 25 Win9x clients on this Linux server. I have
> implemented SAMBA as the PDC to emulate NT. I also want this Linux
> server to act as my mail server. Ideally, I would like the users to use
> Netscape or similar packages to send and receive mails to other users in
>
> the organisation (same domain name) and to the outside world (through a
> dial-up connection to an ISP) - all through qmail.
>
> Can I use qmail in this regard? If so, please help me go through the
> steps required to install qmail. I have just started poking around with
> Linux (Red Hat 5.2) and am not a UNIX guru, hence some elementary help
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation of your
> response.
>
> ===
> Viral Shah
>
>
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