[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am a qmail newbie and I wanted to know what is the meaning of
>your.full.host.name in the INSTALL.ctl file ?.
The fully qualified domain name of the host upon which you're
installing qmail.
>I have a dial-up ppp connection to the internet and I get my IP address
>as you all know, dynamically. The hostname file in my system - Linux
>Debian - is the name I gave to my computer which has no canonical in the
>DNS, is the meaning for the IP address of my ISP (incoming mail server or
>the outgoing mail server ?.
>
>What should I do ?
You have at least three options:
1) Use a made-up name like hostname.local. You'll have to be careful
to set return addresses to replyable addresses. Some systems will
refuse mail or connections from you because you're not in the DNS.
2) Use a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.org (there are many others,
both free and commercial).
3) Use your ISP's mail host's FQDN. Requires that you use the same
user/alias name as your ISP. Some systems will refuse mail or
connections from you because your IP doesn't match what's in the
DNS for the mail host.
-Dave
