Re: [cobalt-users] Email nightmare

["Paul Wilson" <webguroo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Whoa... back up the truck. I figured "mysite.com" was just a placeholder
for
> your real domain name. If your raq actually says, "mysite.com," you
probably
> need to change the host name of your raq. See Greg's info below.

I am using pseudonyms here.  I don't want to announce to the world that
there is a neophyte with a new server - I might as well put a sign saying
"please hack here."

The website as I said is on a leased server, they are supplying the DNS
services and that stuff all works fine.

> And when that's done, make sure there is a dns entry for your real host
> name. Do you handle DNS for your own domains, or is it somebody else? If
its
> somebody else, they need to make sure there is a DNS entry for your real
> host name :)
>
> Now, when I say your "real host name", I mean the host name plus your
domain
> name. If my server's host name is penutbutter, and my domain is jelly.com,
> then the full host name is penutbutter.jelly.com
>
> Your CGI script tries to send out an email as if it were user abc.
Sendmail
> assumes this user to be abc@<your full host name>. So if your raq's host
> name is penutbutter.jelly.com, sendmail assumes the CGI script is the
user:
> abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The host name penutbutter.jelly.com must
resolve
> to an ip address using DNS in order for sendmail to do its job.

It is starting to sound like the hosting company didn't do the DNS stuff
right. I will call them and see what we can do to straighten this out.
Thank you.

Paul Wilson
webguroo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx