[TriLUG] POSTFIX: How to fix source seen as localhost.localdomain

[bp]

Jason Tower wrote:

>a few observations that may or may not help:
>
>1. myhostname and mydomain, by definition, should not be the same.  in your 
>case i'd set the myhostname to be server.itchy.kicks-ass.org and the mydomain 
>parameter will automatically be set as itchy.kicks-ass.org (hostname minus 
>first component).  and myorigin should then be $mydomain.
>
But I'm using a domain pointer.  So itchy.kicks-ass.org is both my 
hostname and domain name.  right?  It's been working that way for some time.

>  
>
>2. is it possible that postnuke is overriding your postfix settings?  i know 
>that if i DON'T set the myorigin parameter in main.cf but DO set a domain 
>name in my mail client, then outgoing mail works correctly.  perhaps the 
>reverse is happening here?
>
Possibly, I'll have to look at their PHP code to see how postnuke sends 
an email.  I just find it hard to believe that it would be at the 
Postnuke level since  mail cmds & postnuke emails appear the same with 
regard to FROM.

>
>3. does mail sent from a client like kmail or mozilla mail append the correct 
>domain name, even if you don't set it in the client?
>

Pine works fine,  mail appears to come from root at itchy.kicks-ass.org  as 
it should - just having problems with the simple 'mail' program & postnuke.


Thanks again,
bp