On Saturday 14 June 2003 14:11, Joe wrote: > edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >As far as I know I'm not running named. I am not using > >sendmail (at least it was never my intention) for the > >host name. I really don't have a qualified domain > >name. > >This is where I'm a little bit fuzzy. > >If I named this machine "bonsai", does this something > >got setup to send mail to this domain? > > In general, sendmail expects any system that > sends or recieves mail to be a legitimate host > with a legitimate internet address and fqdn - > and resolvable forwards and backwards. > > Most of this is justifiable for security reasons, > but it's also just part of the culture. > > Joe I've seen examples in textbooks using names like "my.domain.lan" Anybody actually using such a domain name and making it work ?? Joebewan
