Re: [cobalt-users] Recieving mail to postmaster@ip address

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > > I cant seem to recieve email to postmaster or root @ the ip
> > > > > address of my server. Can someone please tell me how to
> > > > > enable this or what the DNS settings should be?
> <snipped>
> >
> > Can anyone help with this???
> >
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> A few things: are you using the correct format when sending email to your
IP
> address, it should be in the format:
> postmaster@[11.22.33.44]
>
> i.e. the IP address must be surrounded by square [] brackets.
>
> If you are and are still getting the error, then what is in your file
> /etc/mail/aliases for postmaster and root. Their lines should read:
> postmaster:     root
> root:           admin
>
> Could you post the actual bounce error that you get back from emailing the
> IP address (might be a good idea to change it a bit to hide your live IP
> address)?

I just noted that you answered that last bit in your last post (my brain
automatically switches off reading bounces for some reason). From your
bounce message, it's clear that you aren't addressing the email correctly as
I mentioned in my first remark.
--
Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

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