At 07:56 AM 8/24/98 -0700, 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.
you can try this:
1. make a new user called dchurch
2. su to dchurch
3. run pine, go to the config menu, change the domain name to oz.net
it doesnt matter if you use the root account to do the sendmail. the mail
which you wrote from the dchurch account will have the reply address
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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