elefino wrote:
Several Cyrus-imap HowTos, as well as HowTos for other apps make reference to "fully qualified hostname" and "fully qualified domain".
How do you manage that if your home network does not include a DNS server? I've got a few machines behind a LinkSys router, which is taking care of NAT. The ISP does DNS of course, but it doesn't see inside my little network.
So, does this imply that I shouldn't try to run Cyrus-imap if I don't have my own DNS server, or that I need to trick the program in some way? If so, how?
Why don't you describe why you want to set up an imap server and what you wish to achieve? Within your own network you can set up whatever you like. Hostname resolution is also possible via /etc/hosts, though you have to copy that file to each hosts in your network.
While I was going through the MTA dialog in YaST, I don't remember seeing a setting for that. In the DNS and Hostname dialog, there was a field for "Domain", and I just made up a name to fill in. Is that "legal"? Or am I going to encounter grief later, when the bogus domain conflicts with something, or fails to be resolved (because there's no DNS server...)?
There are problems, that might arise, though most of them will not plague you if you do not communicate with regular servers on the internet. For example if you want to send mail to a server outside your network and you use an account with a fantasy domain that only exists inside your private network, you have to rewrite that address to one that is routable for external servers. If you want to set up your own mail/imap server please be prepared to learn a LOT about networking, this will not be done in a month or two! Sandy PS: Just to be sure, you do plan to make backups, right?!? Just my pet peeve... -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com