On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 01:46:05PM -0800, James D. Parra wrote: > Hello, > > When sending email from the CLI, the 'From:' domain is > localhost.localdomain. Where can I change that to reflect the name of the > computer? Running FC5 basic setup; nothing special. It is not a mail server > and won't be receiving any either. >Short version: neither "mail" nor "mailx" will let you change this. Hello, Found a solution. Changed /etc/hosts entry from; 127.0.0.1 MACHINE_NAME localhost.localdomain localhost <snip> to ...; 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost IP_ADDRESS_OF_COMPUTER MACHINE_NAME.DOMAIN.COM MACHINE_NAME <snip> Now using the 'mail' command shows the correct 'From:' domain. Best regards, James -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
