On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 19:52 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > > >> > Speaking of which, you could try changing the "mailto" field in > >> > /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf. > >> > >> This file was empty (except for a comment line) on my Fedora-9 system. > >> But I've added > >> ------------------------------- > >> MailTo = tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> MailFrom = Logwatch > >> ------------------------------- > >> and will see if this does the trick. > > ---- > > it won't > > > > # host alfred.gayleard.com > > Host alfred.gayleard.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > > > # host helen.gayleard.com > > Host helen.gayleard.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > > > # host gayleard.com > > gayleard.com has address 86.43.71.228 > > gayleard.com mail is handled by 10 mail.gayleard.com. > > > > no known host names for alfred.gayleard.com or helen.gayleard.com but > > there is a gayleard.com and a mail.gayleard.com - those are usable... > > I realize that these names are not known to the real world. > But I imagine that there must be some way of sending email > from one machine on a LAN to another > without going outside the LAN. > Or at least a way of sending the logwatch report "along the LAN". > > In fact, I know I used to do this. > IIRC this was effected simply by giving the name of the machine > that I wanted the logwatch to be sent to, in /etc/aliases . > But if that ever worked it does not appear to now. > > I suspect that there has been some change in sendmail, > or at least in the default sendmail.mc . ---- You would have to have dns set up locally (on your lan) and configure a particular server (or more than one) to accept mail for those domains...that's the way e-mail works. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
