Hi There, OK I've downloaded Qmail and read the docs and have it half installed. As usual I have a question, this bit is from a HOWTO
-You MUST have a working DNS, and your system must have a DNS name. -qmail does not search an /etc/hosts file in order to look up domain names. -A workaround is possible using /var/qmail/control/smtproutes, but doing this -is not recommended, or desirable in most cases. I do not have a DNS server installed so I pressume that I can not use Qmail? It asked me for my fully qualified domain name during the first part of the install, I do not have one so used 'm2k.localdomain' (M2k is the machine name). I really do not understand anything about DNS and have always assumed I could pop anything into /etc/hosts. All i really need from an MTA is to be able to get mail out to the internet from my local network and to send mail from PHP and Perl scripts (emulating a typical ISP's /usr/sbin/sendmail). All my incomming mail is from my ISP's POP3 but (eventually) I'd like to use fetchmail and procmail. Any help appreciated ;-) Mike RE: Re: [scottish] Alternative to sendmail. On Wednesday 28 November 2001 15:05, you wrote: > OK I'll give Qmail a go, > > Cheers Mike > > On Wednesday 28 November 2001 11:15, you wrote: > > I would go for Qmail every time! -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
