On 01/22/2010 01:51 PM, Carlos Williams wrote:
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost mail 10.1.1.200 mail.iamghost.com mail
I have seen multiple styles of hosts file, but I tend to set mine up like so: #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.200 mail.iamghost.com mail This kills two birds with one stone - localhost and localhost -f return the correct info, and it tells the box that "mail" and "mail.iamghost.com" are both at the non-loopback IP you specify. If that's not what you want, then you probably want something more like: #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 mail.iamghost.com mail localhost.localdomain localhost though, even then, some folks will say that this is also incorrect and you need to designate a loopback per-entry. -Snark