Why does dma do local mail delivery if you specify a MAILNAME? #154

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1. corecode commented on Jun 2, 2026

   

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   mailname is the local hostname override. you want smarthost.

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   On June 1, 2026 4:43:38 AM CDT, BWWIT ***@***.***> wrote: BWWIT created an issue (corecode/dma#154) If in the config-file you: MAILNAME /etc/mailname Content of /etc/mailname: mydomain.com And you send mail e.g.: echo "Hello World" | mail -s "Test-mail" ***@***.*** It seems dma will only perform local mail delivery i.e. write the mail to the users mailbox e.g. /var/mail/itadmin (and if itadmin doesn't exist as local linux user you'll see errors in the log the a mailbox for the user cannot be created). What's the logic behind this? -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #154 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: ***@***.***>