On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 11:25, Robert P. Goldman wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Ben and Chad for helpful suggestions along these lines:

You're welcome.


> Sorry.  I should have pointed out that I have a small network behind a
> firewall, and the firewall serves up the DNS addresses to the machines
> behind the firewall using DHCP.  So I'm not sure how to use a hosts
> file to keep track of addresses.  I hate to go to the trouble of
> setting up a DNS server for what seems like a trivial net.  Is there
> an alternative?

Yes, the /etc/hosts file. Add what we told you to the /etc/hosts file of
the mailserver and all will be well. The IP you use is the actual
address of the machine on your LAN.

> You're right --- my sendmail just does two things:
> 
> 1.  routes all the email for the various script outputs to me and 
> 
> 2.  uses a smart host for any addresses not on my box.

Then my above advice will suit you perfectly.

-- 
Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	
Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream
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