Re: Name resolution in FreeBSD/Postfix

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 9:42 PM Paul M. Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
wrote:

>
> On 11/5/24 12:08, Paul Procacci wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 12:02 PM Paul M. Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
> wrote:
> >> Folks:
> >>
> >> Trying to configure Postfix to route local mail (internet is later).
> >> During a telnet conversation with Postfix to send it mail for a local
> >> user, it chokes on paulf@localhost recipient, with a 451 4.3.0 error.
> >> This is my user, and it's in the /etc/passwd file. So I don't understand
> >> why it doesn't understand the recipient email address. And yes,
> >> localhost is 127.0.0.1 in the /etc/hosts file.
> >>
> >> Can anyone enlighten me?
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> ou should probably include your config.
> >> My guess is postfix needs to be told explicitly that localhost is a
> >> domain it's servicing yet hasn't been told that.
> >>
> >> ~Paul
>
>
> Contents of /usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf:
>
> ===
>
> sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>
> send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>
> mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>
> newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>

That should be the end of mailer.conf!



>
> myhostname = banzai
>
> mydomain = mars.lan
>
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
>
> inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
>
> mynetworks_style = hosts
>
> default_transport = error: outside mail is not deliverable
>

Postfix reads /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.conf and other files in that
directory. You should read more about Postfix.
I doubt it cares about mailer.conf.
Those config params up there should me in main.conf for them to make sense
to Postfix.


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