Hello Freek,

Le mardi, 4 fév 2003, à 13:00 Europe/Paris, Freek Dijkstra a écrit :

> I will:
>
> 1) Check if the problem still persist with Postfix 2.0.3. Since the
> maildir
> functionality was changed slightly in 2.0.3 (I think the answer is yes
> by
> the way).

I will try to do so

>
>
> E. TROUBLESHOUTING
>
> Q: The log file complains about my hostname:
> warning: valid_hostname: misplaced delimiter: yourhostname.local.
> fatal: unable to use my own hostname
> even though I set myhostname to another value in main.cf
>
> A:
> This is a problem related to MacOS 10.2 or higher.
> MacOS X uses a hostname incompatible with the one Postfix expects.
> By default, the hostname on MacOS X will be "yourhostname.local.",
> where yourhostname is the name specified after "Rendezvous name"
> in the Sharing System Preferences.
> Some postfix processes use the hostname set by the system, instead
> of the hostname specified by myhostname in main.cf.
> To avoid this error, you must set a valid hostname on your
> Macintosh,
> for example by editing the HOSTNAME variable in the file
> /etc/hostconfig. This does not have to be a FQDN (fully qualified
> domain name), just the name of your computer will do. You can even
> set it to HOSTNAME=-NO-, in which case the hostname will become
> "localhost". However, be aware that in that case some Rendezvous
> functions will not work anymore.
>
Well, I think it's a very good text far better than mine ! This will
help new users. Thanks

Regards,
Eric

>

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Eric Charikane
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http://www.ecrin.asso.fr

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