Re: Choice of "mailname" for mail server: suggestions welcome
On Fri 21 Feb 2020 at 11:22:58 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 09:36 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Fri 21 Feb 2020 at 05:09:47 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> >
> ...
> | > I need to settle on names to define as the "mailname" for each the two
>
> > > servers I will designate for the DNS MX records for all my mail-enabled
> > > domains. The mailnames should be "fully qualified domain names" (FQDNs)
> > so
> >
> ...
>
> > I wouldn't use any of those with Exim because I am aware of the function
> > of /etc/mailname in its sending of mail. What does /etc/mailname do on
> > OpenSMTPD?
>
>
> The source of my info is in this link:
>
>
> https://poolp.org/posts/2019-09-14/setting-up-a-mail-server-with-opensmtpd-dovecot-and-rspamd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Thanks, I will read the page in detail later. Meanwhile, I did a quick
search on the page for "mailname" and didn't get anything. Anyway, what
I really wanted to know was what function *you* thought /etc/mailname
played in OpenSMTPD because it would determine what you chose for it.
On Exim it is used to qualify a local part without a domain name. After
I installed OpenSMTPD it seems to me that this is also what OpenSMTPD
does. In other words, if I had mailname as gmail.com, a mail I send to
tombrowder (no domain name) would go to tombrowder@gmail.com.
Apologies if I have missed the point and this is something you have
factored into your planning.
--
Brian.
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