[CS-FSLUG] Sending E-mail's via Network

[David M.]

On Tuesday 27 July 2004 12:29 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 11:26 AM 7/27/04, David M. wrote:
> >I have a small network set up here at home that consist of 2 computers so
> > far and I am trying to figure out how to set up mail between the 2
> > computers.
> >
> >Could anyone explain to me how to do this?
> >
> >My computer name is "Buddy" and my username is "dmcglone" and I tried to
> > set up a mailbox that used a "local mailbox", but that seemed to send the
> > mail but not retreive the mail. Should I be using the Local Mailbox or
> > IMAP or Maildir box as the type for receiving?
> >
> >I tried sending mail to dmcglone at buddy but that don't seem to work.
>
> Does "ping buddy" work?  If not, try adding to /etc/hosts file.

Here is the etc/hosts file:
[root at Buddy root]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1               Buddy

I Tried to ping and this is all I get:
[root at Buddy root]# ping Buddy
PING Buddy (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.




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David M.