Hi Guys!

I installed postfix using >sudo yum install postfix postfix-mysql. I'm newbie to mail systems, but I have one AMAZON EC2 instance with a public DNS. I used the public DNS in most cases, when I configured the file main.cf. The public DNS I have is from amazon and it is a long string(ec2-123-34-234-677.....amazon.com).

// I configured this on main.cf. I replaced example.com with 
ec2-123-.......amazon.com 
myhostname = mail.example.com 
mydomain = example.com 
myorigin = $mydomain 
mydestination = example.com, $transport_maps 
local_recipient_maps = $alias_maps $virtual_mailbox_maps 
unix:passwd.byname 
home_mailbox = Maildir/ 

How do I test postfix? I just want it to send emails for my web application. I tried to test it with >telnet localhost 25 after I typed in SSH >sudo postfix start. but I recieve the message that telnet command can not be found. I also use the Amazon linux distribution if you want to know. I use it because it is free.

What have I done wrong? Are there anymore configurations required pls help!