Dear forum members,

I am trying to configure NetBSD to send and receive e-mails. I read the chapter 26 e-mail of the NetBSD guide, but this does not really bring me forward. I am using NetBSD 4.0 as a desktop without X. All distribution sets are installed except X.

I tried to follow the steps, but when I had to do

postmap /etc/postfix/generic

as described in Chapter 26, it just complained that the hostname is empty. How do I set the hostname? I have no idea, I tried various things (which I don't remember, sorry), finally I set in rc.conf

localhost=10.0.0.217

I am in an internal network of my dormitory, so that's why this address is used. It is a dhcp-connection, and internet otherwise works (tried with lynx). I always get the same address when I connect, so it is really 10.0.0.217. Then the postmap command seemed to work, but now I am getting:
dhclient: send_packet: Host is down

I tried the example

sendmail myusername

but I get nowhere anything (I am quite sure I did it correctly, I tried many times):
mail
No mail for myusername

OK, so what do I have to do in order to set up e-mail? I want to know the STEPS!

So far, I understand it as follows; if anything is wrong, please correct me:

in /etc/rc.conf add:
localhost=10.0.0.217

in /etc/postfix/generic write:
myusername@localhost mymailaddress@mailprovider.net

then do:
postmap /etc/profile/generic

in /etc/postfix/main.cf add:

relayhost = mail.mymailprovider.net
smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic

Then reboot.

(then configure mutt & fetchmail)

Is this ALL, or do I have to do anything ELSE? Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Kind regards,

Nino