Another thing you might consider, is getting a "Reply-to:" header in pine
(or another mail client). That way, mail is always sent to the e-mail
address you want, and no errors are possible.
You also don't need to set your computers hostname to your isp's domain.
If you have a nameserver up and added an entry for your localhost, that
might give errors. (explaining it all would make this mail to long). So
use a fake domain and configure pine to use your isp's domain. That should
be more than enough.
To configure the computername and isp domain, and also setup the
/etc/hosts file, just hit "netconfig" on slackerware systems.
For more info, just mail me.
Karel
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 18:46:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: David Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Hostnames
>
> OK, here is some help.
> Give your computer a cool name, preferably not your username.
> Second your /etc/hosts is probably screwed up
>
> it should have
> localhost coolname your.isp
>
> Remember not to send mail as root, or it will go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On 24-Aug-98 David Churchill wrote:
> >
> > I'm having trouble with my e-mail setup. I can receive fine but when I send
> > mail (from Pine) my from address comes out as "dchurch.oz.net@[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> >
> > My e-mail address (on my ISP's POP3 server) is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have my
> > linux
> > box hostname set up as dchurch (probably a mistake). I have run netconfig
> > (Slackware 3.5) which asks me for domain names and such and I put in oz.net
> > (probably another mistake).
> >
> > How do I configure my hostname, can it be a separate name from my ISP
> > username.
> > Do I need to run netconfig to use a PPP connection with dynamic ip
> > addressing.
> > Which files should I edit to fix this (probably more than just /etc/HOSTNAME)
> >
> > Will it matter if I send mail as root vice dchurch (also my non-root login
> > name
> > for my linux box). If it will matter, how can I properly set things up to be
> > able to send mail as [EMAIL PROTECTED] from root or any other user on my linux
> > box.
> >
> > Hope someone can follow the confusing scenario. TIA
> >
> > David
> >
>
>
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