Actually my hosts files reads :
127.0.0.1 keerah localhost.localdomain
instead of 127.0.0.1 keerah localhost.localdomain
So hostname returns : keerah. That is soemthing i put during the installation process.
OK -
To send mail I use Balsa but I have cron jobs that are supposed to send mail mail and they use sendmail/mail command.
a mail agent which adds a legitimate 'from' address.
Which one ?
balsa works as you said - however if your computer is sending mail unattended, you will have to teach sendmail what the fully qualified domain name is supposed to be -
I switched to postfix awhile back so my sendmail may be a bit rusty, but you'll configure sendmail such that it has a legitimate fully qualified domain name in the sendmail.cf (or use the sendmail.mc and generate the sendmail.cf)
in sendmail.cf you can modify the Dj option e.g.
Djacme.com
and when sendmail starts up it will assume the hostname acme.com - note that you should have some connection to acme.com or it is pointless.
You could also set it up to relay mail through you isp via the smart host "DS" option:
DSsmtp.my-isp.com
Joe
