From: "Price Technology" <pricetech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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 ??
Yes. I am.
{^_^}
