Re: fetchmail
Rob MacWilliams writes:
-> >> >> for "Any other names", answer with any other domain names that may
-> >> arrive on your machine
-> >>
->
-> Don't you want your localhost name here? It seems to me that cron,
-> etc. would otherwise send your system messages to your ISP? For
-> instance smail, if a message bounces it would go to
-> postmaster@airmail.net not back to you even if it was generated
-> internally. That is my concern, my ISP doesn't need to have my
-> error messages sent to him. Maybe I'm out to lunch, I hope so,
-> because it would make my config job much easier.
The question you asked falls into 2 different categories:
1) The debian smailconfig automatically assumes the FQDN is local, and
lists it as such. That's why the instructions say not to include it
:)
2) Smail automatically sends postmaster mail to the name you gave it
in the config (usually yourself). So it's not a concern there. Cron
&c, on the other hand get handled by case #1.
It confused me at first, until I read it. But you can look in the
generated smailconfig after the fact and verify that it is indeed
there.
-Larry
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