On 9/27/04 9:36 PM, "Steve Siegfried" <sos at zjod.net> wrote:

> Tim Wilson wrote:
>> 
>> I've got a box that has a number of virtual hosts doing a bunch of different
>> things. When I installed Debian Linux originally, I set the computer's
>> hostname to 'homer' after everyone's favorite doughnut-eating symbol of
>> Americana.
>> 
>> I discovered just today that postfix isn't getting any outgoing email
>> through to domains other than our own. Here's a typical entry from
>> /var/log/mail.log
>> 
>> Sep 27 12:40:11 homer postfix/smtp[13172]: 1A2622124: to=<wilson at visi.com>,
>> relay=none, delay=120, status=deferred (connect to
>> visi.com.mail8.psmtp.com[64.18.5.10]: Connection timed out)
>> 
>> It occurred to me that I don't have a valid external DNS entry for homer and
>> that might be the reason for the problem. I tried switching the computer's
>> hostname to one of the several ones assigned to this system that do resolve.
>> I changed /etc/hostname and the entry in /etc/postfix/main.cf, but as you
>> can see from the log, postfix is still showing 'homer' as the hostname. I
>> also restarted postfix and the networking system on this server. Logging in
>> at the console shows the new hostname in the prompt.
>> 
>> Any suggestions? I'm not sure what the next step would be.
>> 
>> -Tim
> 
> Grep for "homer" in /etc.  Chances are, you missed changing some config file.

Yeah, I thought of that. The only reference to homer was in the postfix
main.cf file. Changing it had no effect. I guess I'll expand my grepping to
other directories.

-Tim

-- 
Tim Wilson
Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy
mailto: wilson at visi.com   aim: tis270   public key: 0x8C0F8813


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