Hello all.

i'm trying to setup a small test inside an internal network to get a linux email server working.

i just have two computers and all i want to do is send a test email between them using my linux box as an email server. so far i've installed postfix and i've setup the main.cf file to reflect a fake domain name called mytestdomain.com

now what i'm trying to figure out is what i should edit into my main.cf file to get the whole thing started??

do i have to specify my domain name in main.cf and a subdomain as well??

this is what i've cooked up so far, however i keep getting errors when i attempt to start the postfix service.

mydomain = mytestdomain.com
myorigin = $mydomain
inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
home_mailbox = Maildir/


its telling me that its unreasonable macro calls in localhost?
have i missed something?

can anyone give me any advice to steer me in the right direction? i'm completely lost on this subject.


thank you so much for any help.

been trying to set up my own mail server for a few days now. finaly got postfix working, so i can show you my main.cf file, perhaps that will help you.

myhostname = mail.myhostname.dk
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = mail.myhostname.dk, localhost.localdomain, localhost.localdomain, localhost, myhostname.dk
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 10.0.0.0/24
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
home_mailbox = Maildir/