Problem with MTA setup?

[robinBones]

My setup

• Centos
• Running on Virtual Machine
• Local IP address in 10.10.10. range
• Host name = zimbra.(mydomain).com
• Host entry says zimbra.(my host name).com = 127.0.0.1

When the message fails to reach the users inbox, zimbra admin, the message is defered, the error is connect to [zimbra.(my domain name).com (public IP)]: connection time out.

I'm not sure why it is not using the host file to know that the domain is on the same machine. IS there a setting where I can hard code that address?

Thanks Robin

[robinBones]

I ended up placing a DNS entry on my local DNS server resolving my host name back to the local server.

I just don't understand why the hosts file is overlooked. When the hostname the hosts file resolved it correctly.

So problem hacked

[phoenix]

The mail server needs a valid DNS MX & A record to resolve your local IP address.