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Open /etc/mail/sendmail.mc in a text editor.
Find the line that begins DAEMON-OPTIONS and lists the loopback IP address (127.0.0.1).
Type dnl at the beginning of this line. dnl means "delete to new line" - in other words, it comments out what follows.
Make sure that you have a line listing the IP address of your server, followed by any and all domain names it services, in all their variants.
Well, what if your server was behind a router? No problem correct?.
But, what if you had a dyanmic ip? My domain, imagiro-1.com, is forwarded to the dyndns service, then to my main comp at pavilionhome.dyndns.org. Which IP would I use? Thanks.
If your behind a router no problem but if not then you would have to change the ip in /etc/hosts everytime yours changed. But if you have a router just put the ip of the machine acting as the mail server.
Dynamic ip doesn't matter if the mail server sending you mail can find your router through the dyndns service then your router just forwards it to the machine's ip on the LAN. I use a router and just forward port 110 and 25 to my mail server at 192.168.1.6
The last ip is my ip assigned to me right now by my isp. Where should "backup" be located?
def, What about recieving mail? I was thinking of using the dyndns server. I read somebody else did that. I'll have to find the post where I read that.
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