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

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- David Koski <david at kosmosisland.com> wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> On Thursday 08 November 2007 06:10, Derek Broughton
> wrote:
> > Er, no.  It may be technically true but it _isn't_
> what your system expects
> > and describes as an FQDN.  An FQDN is simply a
> domain name _containing_ a
> > dot, and ending with one of the recognized TLDs
> (Top Level Domain).
> 
> For local only delivery and "masquerading" the
> default local domain 
> named "localdomain" should suffice as an FQDN for
> most purposes.
> 
> David
> I hear you, so why am I doing this?  Everyone seemed
to miss the root mail local home lan, etc., or I just
didn't make myself clear. I assume from you reply I
should undo the FQDN just set up, but, I must question
that and hope for clarification because amavisd-new,
mutt and postfix seem to want one and didn't work with
that in the conf files, I think in all of them. I
wonder where do I put localdomaine, in the /etc/hosts
file or where?  I've been biting my tounge but can't
resist any longer; why didn't ubuntu feisty set all
this up as default as it should. If it goes in
/etc/hosts, which line entry? there are several more
replies which I'll read before doing any thing more.
Thanks for your input, appreciated, but I think we're
missing something.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net