Comment 1 for bug 483081

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Josh Koenig (joshkoenig) wrote : Re: [Bug 483081] [NEW] Postfix /etc/mailname configured incorrectly

This is definitely a big deal. We are supposed to be fixing this as part of
our boot script. Must investigate and fix asap.

-j

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Sean Bannister <email address hidden>wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Haven't had a chance to verify this but there's a report at
> http://groups.drupal.org/node/35410#comment-105412
>
> It appears that an old hostname has been left in /etc/mailname and it's
> causing the EC2 instance to try to send mail remotely. Amazon is picking
> this up as abuse and disabling mail sending on Mercury instances.
>
> ** Affects: projectmercury
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> Postfix /etc/mailname configured incorrectly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483081
> You received this bug notification because you are the registrant for
> PANTHEON Mercury.
>
> Status in Open-source system configuration for high-performance Drupal: New
>
> Bug description:
> Haven't had a chance to verify this but there's a report at
> http://groups.drupal.org/node/35410#comment-105412
>
> It appears that an old hostname has been left in /etc/mailname and it's
> causing the EC2 instance to try to send mail remotely. Amazon is picking
> this up as abuse and disabling mail sending on Mercury instances.
>

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