CynthiaYes.. I have a VPS. It stands for Virtual Private Server. I do enjoy it, I like having ultimate control… it’s like having my own server in my house, that hosts my web sites, however I really hate those dreaded “Contact your system administrator” errors… because dangit, I am the system administrator!
My VPS is through Steadcom and I love them, they always help me out even though it’s an unmanaged account. Meaning I have to manage it all myself. I have set up Linux servers in the past… a couple of times at home, and reset them up due to hardware crashes, so I have a basic idea. However… I am, by no means, a Linux expert and I have to look up every little detail on the web to figure things out. Usually I’m able to figure them out without asking too many questions.
Emails from the server have been bouncing back to me. Finally, after trying a zillion things, I found this web page about HostNames and that finally worked. However… when I reboot the server, the settings go away and the email doesn’t work again. Bah.
So next I have to figure out how to make the settings stick. But that is for another day. I really used to have more fun figuring things out on computers… but now I just want them to work. But I want them cheap, too, and cheap usually means I do things myself. I’m more interested in how dogs work.. and want to do more with the dogs!
The errors I was getting, in the returned email, were:
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.2
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
and in my mail log (sendmail):
My unqualified host name (name) unknown; sleeping for retry
unable to qualify my own domain name (name) — using short name
It appears the domain name must be fully qualified… like www.lunatail.com You can’t just have lunatail in there. Hrmph!
I’m off to agility this weekend, have a good Memorial day, I’ll try to post more later!
On this day..
- Sixteen Hundred Calories - 2007
- Procrastination is Reinforcing - 2007
- Wow it’s Wednesday - 2007
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