Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:14:05 -0600 From: "Nick Lozinsky" <nl3481@wi.rr.com> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hostname, domain name and mail problems Message-ID: <003501c1d8e8$39a1c580$93611f41@none> References: <3CA6DF7B.5FE3CFE7@wi.rr.com> <20020331191157.GA15456@hades.hell.gr>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Nick Lozinsky" <nl3481@wi.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 1:11 PM Subject: Re: hostname, domain name and mail problems > On 2002-03-31 04:05, Nick Lozinsky wrote: > > I've installed FreeBSD 4.5, and set up my NIC card and the hostname and > > domain name for the ISP was automatically specified in the NIC setup. I > > left the settings as they were. Then I've installed mutt and have > > attempted to read/send mail. When I try to send mail, whoever's email > > address it be, I get an undelivered mail message using mail. It occurs > > that my To: addresses are being converted to the host@ at my domain > > name. So if I were to send a message to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org it > > would try to send it ro freebsd-questions@myspecified.domain which, > > obviously freebsd-questions is not on. So what do I need to do to get > > this simple problem solved? > > This seems an awful lot like a misconfigured mail server. What mail server > software are you using, and how is it configured? > > - Giorgos > I am using all the standard stuff that FreeBSD installs. sendmail, mail and mutt. I don not have a domain name, so do I create a fake one then on my BSD system? What can my hostname on the BSD box be? Please help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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