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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