Lo, on Thursday, January 15, Dan Sommers did write: <SNIP>
> [... I] eventually ended up with this in my ~/.emacs.el file: > > (require 'message) > (defun message-make-fqdn () > "less.nonsensical.fully.qualified.domain.name") > > Now I can post, but it still feels like a kluge. Yeah, and that's only going to work for certain emacs utilities, rather than generallty. > OTOH, given that (a) I don't get a static IP address > from my ISP, and (b) my box is behind a router, a DSL modem, DHCP, > NAT, and PPPoE; what is my FQDN? This issue seems to be debated > endlessly on usenet (and elsewhere, too, I'm sure), or at least in > such a manner that I can't find the end. Ah, that. My experience running Linux suggests that your best bet is to give yourself an FQDN that won't conflict with anything; I do this by using a fictitious TLDN -- something like `nanny-ogg.home.rcc'. The only thing then is to ensure that this bogus hostname never `leaks out' to the real world, where it can confuse things. This is mostly an issue with mail server configuration, though, so if you're not running sendmail/exim/postfix/whatever, it's probably not a big deal. Richard ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
