Getting serious with Linux .... slowly but surely ...

Should I (am I allowed to) change:
root?
localhost?
localdomain?

I think 'localhost' will change as soon as I give my computer
 a NAME. 
 (I did once and promply my email downloading did not work.
 I will try again.)

I have no idea why 'root' shows up..... 'User' is 'n0jn' with home-dir
 /home/n0jn/ . I gave n0jn  root access.
'n0jn' is me. Only user.
 Same for 'root' .

What about 'localdomain'? Is it normal to leave it like that?

I use 'sendmail -q -bs -v' to send my email. MUA is mutt, old version.
 (new version of mutt already downloaded, ready to install)

Here is a message for reference:

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On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 05:45:31AM -0800, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
> Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
> Received: from localhost (localhost)
>       by localhost.localdomain (8.8.7/8.8.7) with internal id FAA00210;
>       Sun, 3 Oct 1999 05:45:31 -0800
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 05:45:31 -0800
> From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
note: the msg never did go to 'weblink.com'.... maybe a configuration error.
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
>       boundary="FAA00210.938958331/localhost.localdomain"
> Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
> Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

>     **********************************************
>     **      THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY      **
>     **  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE  **
>     **********************************************
> 
> The original message was received at Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:39:06 -0800
> from root@localhost
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 451 [EMAIL PROTECTED] compuserve.com: Name server timeout
> Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
n0jn note: From what fkashed on the screen looks like message was
 rejected because something wrong: 'non-specific .......'
 I presume it has to do with 'localhost@localdomain'. 
 
> Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost.localdomain
> Arrival-Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:39:06 -0800
> 
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Action: delayed
> Status: 4.4.3
> Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 05:45:31 -0800
> Will-Retry-Until: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:39:06 -0800

> Return-Path: <root>
> Received: (from root@localhost)
>       by localhost.localdomain (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA00543;
>       Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:39:06 -0800
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:39:06 -0800
> From: root <root>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Testing Compuserve
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e
===

---Herman Aalderink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philippines (Cebu island).
Permanent but slow : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note 'zero' in n0jn).

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