Host file

[Kai]

On your server, have you edited your mail config file to tell it that it's
allowed to relay between hosts?
I think this mail config file is in /etc/mail/

Kai

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon L. Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Host file


> I assume this other domain for my home account can be set-up on the same
> server, but that domain will need to be registered correct? If so, this
> isn't what we want, I don't mind having another address with the main
domain
> as it is only for family and friends who will see this.  I can ping the
name
> therefore the host file is working.  What I can't understand is why I
can't
> send the e-mail from the home through this mail server.  The error
mentions
> something to do with it not being able to relay.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Holland [mailto:myk at golden.wattle.id.au]
> Sent: Friday, 2 June 2000 10:07 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: re: Host file
>
>
> > On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> >
> > > I do a nslookup it doesn't see the local hosts file even though it has
> been
> > > set-up to do so in the host.conf.  Any one have any ideas how to set
it
> so
> > > it'll look at the local host file first?
> >
> > nslookup is "Name Server lookup" - it will always search the DNS.
>
> Also, i think you should have a different domain name for you private
> network than the public domain. That avoids ambiguities.
> ie if the same hostnames have different addresses, they should be in
> different domains.
>
> Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
>                           --==--
>
>
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