One thing I’ve never been sure of is what to set the domain to on my Linux box.  I’m on verizon dsl with a dynamic IP and PPPOE.  I just got a dyndns.org domain with a different hostname than what I have for the machine.  I set up the machine to run spamassassin (and to experiment).

 

Machine name = grizzy

Dyndns.org address = dibb.homelinux.net

Email = jntdibb@bellatlantic.net

 

What should I be using for the domain name?  Specifically I’m having trouble with some part of postfix or spamc/d.  I believe an hourly cron job is trying to send mail to ‘root’ which causes the following in maillog.  I can send my postfix/main.cf file if anyone is interested.

 

Oct 14 13:01:01 grizzy spamd[1921]: connection from grizzy [127.0.0.1] at port 3

3171

Oct 14 13:01:01 grizzy spamd[4504]: info: setuid to postfix succeeded

Oct 14 13:01:02 grizzy spamd[4504]: Creating default_prefs [/var/spool/postfix/.

spamassassin/user_prefs]

Oct 14 13:01:01 grizzy postfix/local[4499]: 49D3FD0B45: to=<postfix@localhost.lo

calhost>, relay=local, delay=1, status=bounced (can't create user output file. C

ommand output: procmail: Couldn't create "/var/spool/mail/postfix" procmail: Loc

k failure on "spamassassin.lock" procmail: Program failure (74) of "/usr/bin/spa

mc" procmail: Rescue of unfiltered data succeeded )

Oct 14 13:01:01 grizzy postfix/cleanup[4497]: C4A35D0B43: message-id=<2003101417

0101.C4A35D0B43@grizzy.bellatlantic.net>

Oct 14 13:01:01 grizzy postfix/nqmgr[1920]: C4A35D0B43: from=<>, size=2676, nrcp

t=1 (queue active)

 

Here’s another example of something wrong.

 

Oct 13 04:02:04 grizzy postfix/pickup[1462]: EFFAFD0B47: uid=0 from=<root>

Oct 13 04:02:04 grizzy postfix/cleanup[1781]: EFFAFD0B47: message-id=<2003101308

0203.EFFAFD0B47@grizzy>

Oct 13 04:02:04 grizzy postfix/nqmgr[1906]: EFFAFD0B47: from=<root@grizzy.grizzy

>, size=1093, nrcpt=1 (queue active)

Oct 13 04:02:06 grizzy postfix/smtp[1797]: EFFAFD0B47: to=<root@grizzy.grizzy>,

relay=none, delay=3, status=bounced (Name service error for grizzy.grizzy: Host

not found)

Oct 13 04:02:06 grizzy postfix/cleanup[1781]: E295BD0B46: message-id=<2003101308

0206.E295BD0B46@grizzy>

Oct 13 04:02:07 grizzy postfix/nqmgr[1906]: E295BD0B46: from=<>, size=2614, nrcp

t=1 (queue active)

Oct 13 04:02:07 grizzy postfix/smtp[1797]: E295BD0B46: to=<root@grizzy.grizzy>,

relay=none, delay=1, status=bounced (Name service error for grizzy.grizzy: Host

not found)

 

 

Overall, mail handling seems to work.  Stuff gets out, stuff comes in, spam gets tagged.  But I need to clean some of this up.