[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I know I'm very new to Linux, and there is quite a bit I haven't > caught on to yet. But, I have a problem that just isn't getting any > better. I have Debian 1.1 loaded, running kernel 2.0.6. The machine > I'm working in is not directly connected to the Internet, but does > have a tcp/ip connection to a mail server that is connected. I loaded > Smail, and configured it with no DNS server, and all mail goes to the > smarthost. The objective is to run Majordomo on the Debian box and > have all mail sent to the mail server for delivery, but Smail on the > Debian box reports an error that domain name lookup failed, so my questions > are.
> 1. Does Smail require a direct Internet connection to work ? No, it works fine with both uucp and dialup slip/ppp > 2. Can Majordomo run on a machine that is not directly connected to > the Internet ? Surely. > 3. Is there a way to set-up named to work as a local DNS only ? Local means without connecting to root servers? Sure, just leave out the '. cache' entry Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only / / proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth /
