[NCLUG] Mail servers

Aaron Johnson adj at ccltd.com
Wed Sep 13 16:20:39 MDT 2000


> Does anyone know how to setup mail server access under Linux for
> @home? I've been trying to set it up for hours now and I'm still
> getting "can't find the server" messages. The mail servers name is
> mail, the news server is news.  This works fine under windows.

You're probably trying to talk to mail.home.com or news.home.com.  On
my subnet, the mail server's name is ``mail.ftclns1.co.home.com''.
Similarly, the news server is ``news.ftclns1.co.home.com''.  Of
course, you may not be on ftclns1.co.home.com, so figure out your IP
address and use nslookup(1) or host(1) or something to figure out what
it should be.  You may want to add ``ftclns1.co.home.com'' or your
equivalent to the search list in /etc/resolv.conf.

HTH

Aaron
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