Qmail install and FQDN

I'm lining up my plan to install qmail on a RH8 system. I read that I must
have a Fully Qualified Domain Name for my server. Now, when I run
hostname -f I get localhost.localdomain, and this is not what I want is it?

"jbottero" <stan@lee.com> writes:

> I'm lining up my plan to install qmail on a RH8 system. I read that I must
> have a Fully Qualified Domain Name for my server. Now, when I run
> hostname -f I get localhost.localdomain, and this is not what I want is it?

Why are you asking us? Only you know what's right for your situation.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx07k4rz6ot.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
> "jbottero" writes:

> > I'm lining up my plan to install qmail on a RH8 system. I read that I must
> > have a Fully Qualified Domain Name for my server. Now, when I run
> > hostname -f I get localhost.localdomain, and this is not what I want is it?
>
> Why are you asking us? Only you know what's right for your situation.

That's not very nice. You know very well what I'm asking. If you do
not wish to answer the question because you feel it is silly or
obvious, you are not required to pay any attention to it at all.

I have a domain. It resolves to an IP. That IP points at a firewall.
That firewall routs it to my machine. My machine is on a LAN. It has a
different IP. Now then, for the FQDN, all I am asking (if you can
lower yourself to consider a question from someone who has both SPENT
THE MONEY on the book, AND read it) is: What typ if information is
being asked for here? localhost.MyDomain.com? Something else?

joseph.bottero@mcchord.af.mil (jbottero) writes:

> Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx07k4rz6ot.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
> > "jbottero" writes:
>
> > > I'm lining up my plan to install qmail on a RH8 system. I read
> > > that I must have a Fully Qualified Domain Name for my
> > > server. Now, when I run hostname -f I get localhost.localdomain,
> > > and this is not what I want is it?
> >
> > Why are you asking us? Only you know what's right for your situation.
>
> That's not very nice. You know very well what I'm asking.

Of course. You just didn't provide any of the information necessary to
answer it properly.

> If you do not wish to answer the question because you feel it is
> silly or obvious, you are not required to pay any attention to it at
> all.

Lighten up. You asked a silly question and got a silly answer. At
least it prompted you to provide useful information.

> I have a domain. It resolves to an IP. That IP points at a firewall.
> That firewall routs it to my machine. My machine is on a LAN. It has a
> different IP. Now then, for the FQDN, all I am asking (if you can
> lower yourself to consider a question from someone who has both SPENT
> THE MONEY on the book, AND read it) is: What typ if information is
> being asked for here? localhost.MyDomain.com? Something else?

I would use the domain that resolves to the IP that eventually routes
to the system.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.