Re: qmail setup

["Tommi L. Jensen" <platypus@linux.box>]

On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 06:12:25PM -0400, Paul Nesbit wrote:
> I'm trying to get pine working on top of qmail.
> 
> I'm having problems with ./configure  in  /var/qmail/qmail1.02
> The output of ./configure is as follows:
> 
>     Your hostname is nezgnu.
>     soft error
>     Sorry, I couldn't find your host's canonical name in DNS.
>     You will have to set up control/me yourself.
> 
> In control/me I have one line: " algonquinc.on.ca" the canonical name of
> the provider I am dialing-up to.  Should I change my hostname to
> "algonquinc.on.ca".
> 
> I've tried doing just that with :
>     set $HOSTNAME="algonquinc.on.ca" and several other variations of
> this command with no luck.  How do I change my hostname?
> 
export MAILHOST=something.that.can.be.resolved.com
export REPLYTO=email@your.isp

then use fetchmail to recieve mail.. (qmail will only send if you don't have a static domain name)

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