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You will only need this if you are running your own instance. | You will only need this if you are running your own instance. | ||
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| + | If you have to manage your own DNS, Azz recommends [https://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ DNS for Rocket Scientists] as it will probably put you head and shoulders above the average level 1 tech support at your registrar. | ||
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| + | You will need to create "A Records" pointing your domain to your servers, and "MX Records" for the server that hosts your mail. | ||
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| + | Most likely you will have to create your MX and A records through your registrar, but in the event you are editing your own hosts file, always remember to increment the serial number. If you do not increment the serial number on the file, no other server will be able to see the change. | ||
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This is what Jimmy did to get reply by email working: | This is what Jimmy did to get reply by email working: | ||
The worker file had to be updated and then he also had to do this: | The worker file had to be updated and then he also had to do this: | ||
| − | Created 2 MX records for post and replies, and 2 A records. Added a virtual_alias_map into the Postfix conf, and added: | + | |
| − | @post. | + | Created 2 MX records for post and replies, and 2 A records. |
| − | @replies. | + | |
| + | Added a virtual_alias_map into the Postfix conf, and added: | ||
| + | @post.example.com dw | ||
| + | @replies.example.com dw | ||
to that. Added /home/dw/.forward with: | to that. Added /home/dw/.forward with: | ||
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require "$ENV{LJHOME}/cgi-bin/ljlib.pl"; | require "$ENV{LJHOME}/cgi-bin/ljlib.pl"; | ||
} | } | ||
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[[Category: Dreamwidth Installation]] | [[Category: Dreamwidth Installation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:04, 30 January 2024
You will only need this if you are running your own instance.
DNS
If you have to manage your own DNS, Azz recommends DNS for Rocket Scientists as it will probably put you head and shoulders above the average level 1 tech support at your registrar.
You will need to create "A Records" pointing your domain to your servers, and "MX Records" for the server that hosts your mail.
Most likely you will have to create your MX and A records through your registrar, but in the event you are editing your own hosts file, always remember to increment the serial number. If you do not increment the serial number on the file, no other server will be able to see the change.
This article is a stub
This is what Jimmy did to get reply by email working:
The worker file had to be updated and then he also had to do this:
Created 2 MX records for post and replies, and 2 A records.
Added a virtual_alias_map into the Postfix conf, and added: @post.example.com dw @replies.example.com dw
to that. Added /home/dw/.forward with: | /home/dw/dw/bin/incoming-mail-inject.pl
in it. Adjusted /home/dw/dw/bin/incoming-mail-inject.pl: BEGIN {
$ENV{LJHOME} ||= "/home/dw/dw";
require "$ENV{LJHOME}/cgi-bin/ljlib.pl";
}
