-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2010-03-06 at 07:56 -0000, Bob Williams wrote:
On Saturday 06 Mar 2010 07:44:17 Per Jessen wrote:
<yourusername>@localhost should work in the default setup. Presumably bob@localhost.
Thanks. That tallies with Carlos' advice. I run rsnapshot (which uses rsync under the bonnet), and when it sends me error messages they are addressed to bob@linux.local. The machine's hostname is barrowhillfarm. My initial guess would have been bob@localhost for internal mail, as you suggest.
Longer answer than my previous one. "root@localhost" is usually the best bet. Then youruser@localhost, which the previous one links to. Then the same to @linux.local, because that's typically the default machine name - but then, localhost is a safer bet because it will always be localhost regardless of its actual name. Easier to put on config files. Lot of choices. It is possible to use an external, real name, but that needs postfix to be configured to send email to the outside "real" world, which normally can't do because the servers out there will reject invented names and such (for your server). And it doesn't make much sense anyway, as it will loop back to the same machine when you fetch mail. It makes sense when you are supervising a machine you are not normally sitting at, though. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuSIRMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UjZACgh7GUF3ziV0/LSc1yAWYNi3tR xbIAnA+kMGvxU+J37cmEm6Q6SZqh5TtS =074x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org