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Date:      Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:27:15 +0000
From:      Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Postfix, dns, and hosts.allow
Message-ID:  <200711141627.15788.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
In-Reply-To: <9726ff48cfd0898fc1183cb14ec3bae6@prodigy.net>
References:  <9726ff48cfd0898fc1183cb14ec3bae6@prodigy.net>

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On Wednesday 14 November 2007 05:01:58 jekillen wrote:
> Hello:
> I have a question about Postfix and
> hosts.allow:
> Sendmail and exim are mentioned in the
> file and I assume that Sendmail would
> refer to Postfix sendmail as well as Sendmail.
> But Since Postfix runs smtp.d, how would I
> do Postfix in hosts.allow?

I believe you would refer to it as "smtp" if that is what you have 
in /etc/services

>
> I also have a question about how postfix
> would resolve names outside of the local
> domain, Does it use resolve.conf, hosts.equiv,
> nsswitch or does it need a local name server.

The nameserver does not need to be local.  It can use the ones in resolv.conf
Make sure you use numeric hosts in resolv.conf   I know that is obvious but I 
have seen people put textual hostnames in the file and then wonder why it 
does not work.



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