Re: [SLE] SMTP and incomming mail -- PROBLEMS??

The Saturday 2004-05-22 at 17:13 -0500, John N. Alegre wrote:

As far as HOSTNAME, I think, someone correct me if I am wrong, that since I have a static IP on the net 24/7 via DSL that the entry in HOSTNAME for machine.domainname is correct.

Notice that for email (SMTP) to work, the DNS server (the one used by the "senders" side) must have a "MX" entry form your domaain name. Your "hosts" file is not involved. As a side note, working without firewall, even for a moment, is dangerous. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson