Issues with sending mail after install

[Andrew Wafaa]

On 03-07-2013 12:47, Aeneas Jaißle wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2013, 12:36:39 schrieb Andrew Wafaa:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've just setup a new Kolab instance on openSUSE using the Stable repo
>> - great work and thanks for that (install went flawlessly).
>> 
>> I've hit an issue though that prevents me from sending mail, well
>> actually it prevents the mail from being received. When sending mail
>> the server identifies itself as localhost.localdomain instead of
>> foo.org. How do I fix this issue? I know it should be fairly easy, but
>> for whatever reason I can't work it out.
>> 
>> Here is the bounce I received:
>> 
>> This is the mail system at host localhost.
>> 
>> I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
>> be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
>> 
>> For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
>> 
>> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
>> delete your own text from the attached returned message.
>> 
>>                    The mail system
>> 
>> <awafaa at opensuse.org>: host mx2.example.org[XXX.XXX.XX.XX] said: 554
>> <localhost>:
>>     Helo command rejected: "You are not localhost" (in reply to RCPT 
>> TO
>>     command)
>> 
>> Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost
>> X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 7AA12280BC3
>> X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; me at foo.org
>> Arrival-Date: Wed,  3 Jul 2013 11:51:11 +0100 (BST)
>> 
>> Final-Recipient: rfc822; user at example.org
>> Original-Recipient: rfc822;user at example.org
>> Action: failed
>> Status: 5.0.0
>> Remote-MTA: dns; mx2.example.org
>> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 <localhost>: Helo command rejected: "You 
>> are not
>>     localhost"
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> --
>> Andrew Wafaa
>> GPG: 0x3A36312F
>> 
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> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> try changing /etc/postfix/main.cf:678
> - myhostname = localhost
> + myhostname = foo.org

Hi Aeneas,

Perfect, thanks for that. I knew it was an easy fix, I just couldn't 
work it out.

Regards,

Andy