From: zsd@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2025-12-25 at 00:25 AST, Rich  wrote:   
   > Jim Diamond  wrote:   
   >> Here is the message in maillog when it tried to send an email while the   
   >> network was down:   
   >>   
   >> ------------------   
   >> Dec 16 15:05:58 x360 postfix/pickup[1480]: AA6B21E0B4C: uid=1000   
   from=   
   >> Dec 16 15:05:58 x360 postfix/cleanup[2477]: AA6B21E0B4C: mess   
   ge-id=   
   >> Dec 16 15:05:58 x360 postfix/qmgr[3285]: AA6B21E0B4C: from=,   
   size=2073, nrcpt=1 (queue active)   
   >> Dec 16 15:05:58 x360 postfix/smtp[2479]: AA6B21E0B4C:   
   >> to=, relay=none, delay=0.05,   
   >> delays=0.03/0.01/0/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain name   
   >> not found.  Name service error for name=MY_SMTP_SERVER type=A: Host   
   >> not found, try again)   
   >> ------------------   
   >   
   > Grep your postfix config files for the string "MY_SMTP_SERVER".  It   
   > looks like you may have enabled an option somewhere, but did not change   
   > the text you were supposed to change to be the domain name of the   
   > actual server.   
   >   
   > That is, unless your servers DNS name is actually "MY_SMTP_SEVER" (not   
   > likely).   
      
   As per Noel's suggestion, I "sanitized" some of the addresses in my posting.   
      
   Also as I mentioned in my first message, it works fine when I am on-line   
   when the message is going out.  So the setup is (basically, at least)   
   correct.   
      
   Cheers.   
      
                                   Jim   
      
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