You might try going back to localhost for the hostname and then use [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following line in /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost browni wrote: > > Hello again, > > Here is what I've done to try to implement your suggestions. > > 1. In /etc/sysconfig/network, I set the hostname to test.com and rebooted > the machine. > 2. In mail settings, I replaced localhost with test.com and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with [EMAIL PROTECTED] I then attempted to send a contact > e-mail. It still fails as before. > 3. I attempted to add a new user so that I could test is as some other > user than admin. New user creation fails with the following error. > "Failed to create your account: we were unable to send your > password to your email address: > (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')" > > At this point, I have to ask... does it make any difference that this > system does not have an active internet connection? I work in a secure > military environment, and this system is not allowed be be connected to > the internet until it has been completely configured, hardened, and > tested. > > Thanks for your persistence, > browni. > > > > darcihanning wrote: >> >> Not sure that this will fix your problem but "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is not a >> complete, valid email address. You will want to specify a fully qualified >> domain name for the host in your Site "From" address. >> >> Also, are you doing this while logged in as (the built-in) admin or as a >> regular user? If the former, try it as the latter... >> >> Cheers, >> Darci >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/detailed-explanation-of-Mail-Settings-tf4752063s15482.html#a13632741 Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
