I'm not sure _how_ to make sure my hostname is fully qualified and
resolves. I can `ping necgate` and it resolves to my internal IP (it's a
firewall/router). Should it resolve to the external IP?

The qualify_domain setting was set to 'necgate' by `base-config` when I
got the system running. Should I set the primary_hostname to cox.net?

I hate asking stupid questions but I've not found any answers in the
documentation.

I appreciate your patients,
Bart

On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 20:35, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On 24 May 2003, Bart Garst wrote:
> 
> >   SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<bks@necgate> SIZE=1431:
> >   host smtp.west.cox.net [68.6.19.4]: 553 necgate.cox.net does not exist
> >
> > The part confusing me is the "necgate.cox.net". Necgate is the name of
> > my machine. What did I miss that allowed this error?
> 
> It is their anti-spam setup.
> 
> Make sure your hostname is fully qualified and correct (like
> host.valid.domain.foo but actually resolves).
> 
> Or configure Exim. Look at your qualify_domain setting (because your
> primary_hostname is wrong).
> 
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
> 
> 
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