> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost smtp.mydomain.com smtp

> ::1 localhost6.localdomain6     localhost6

> 210.193.49.222 ns1.mydomain.com ns1 localhost smtp.mydomain.com smtp

> But it didn't work

> Restarted postfix and mongrel gave ssl error again.

> *From:* rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *NAYAK
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:24 PM
> *To:* rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [Rails] Re: SMTP settings for action mailer

> Hi,

> In your server's host file map the address smtp.mydomain.com to IP
> 127.0.0.1 so that it is not routed externally.

> -NAYAK

> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM, tyliong <tyli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> with rails 2.2.2 action mailer requires a valid ssl certificate
> i have a question about routing

> my smtp settings for my postfix are now

> ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
> :address => "smtp.mydomain.com",
> :port => 25,
> :domain => "mydomain.com",
> :authentication => :plain,
> :user_name => "mydomain_mai...@mydomain.com",
> :password => "password"
> }

> both the email server and the rails app are on the same machine
> if i don't have the address as 127.0.0.1
> is it routing information through the internet instead of internally
> in the machine?
> if i use 127.0.0.1 i will get the ssl error because the host does not
> match up.