FQDN Misery Re: To: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail? & amavisd-new Install

[Leonard Chatagnier]

Forgive this top post but, forgot to mention running
Feisty(upt0date) desktop and not a server, if it makes
any difference.  My response is below:
--- NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 11/07/2007 10:43 AM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Still no root mail in mutt.  Seems related to not
> > having a FQDN.  Couldn't fully install amavisd-new
> due
> > to having no FQDN. Googling did't help. Can't
> figure
> > out how to establish a FQDN as you will see from
> the
> > following:
> > 
> > 
> > lchata at ubuntu:/usr/share/doc/mutt/examples$
> hostname
> > ubuntu
> > lchata at ubuntu:/usr/share/doc/mutt/examples$
> domainname
> > gateway.2wire.net
> > lchata at ubuntu:/usr/share/doc/mutt/examples$
> nslookup
> > ubuntu
> > Server:         192.168.1.254
> > Address:        192.168.1.254#53
> > 
> > Name:   ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net
> > Address: 192.168.1.64
> > 
> > lchata at ubuntu:/usr/share/doc/mutt/examples$
> nslookup
> > pavilion8370
> > Server:         192.168.1.254
> > Address:        192.168.1.254#53
> > 
> > Name:   pavilion8370.gateway.2wire.net
> > Address: 192.168.1.65
> > 
> > lchata at ubuntu:/usr/share/doc/mutt/examples$
> > 
> > As you see "hostnam and domainname" both give
> results
> > and nslookup indicates to me that 
> > "ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net" is the FQDN for my
> Ubuntu
> > machine.
> 
> No, it's not. For it to be an FQDN you need to add a
> . (dot) at the end
> of ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net; i.e.,
> ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net(.)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FQDN
Read rhe ref. Thanks. So, if I understand correctly,
all i have to do is add:
ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net.
to my hosts file and I done?

> 
> That said, if you want an actual DDNS that you can
> use as a proper FQDN
> for internet activity then go and get a free DDNS:
> http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/
> Something like chatagnier.dynalias.org or
> .homeunix.org etc:
>
http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/domains.html
> 
> You'll need to run a DDNS client to keep it updated
> (my router does it
> for me so I've not tested any of these):
> http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/unix.html
> 
The above is all greek to me. So, if not absolutely
necessary, I'd just soon not do it.
Thanks for the info,
> 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net