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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:12:22 -0400
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "M.D. DeWar" <mark@s-wit.net>, "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: wrong name on emails 
Message-ID:  <00c401c39a7b$e60666e0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <BAY8-F111a8JtHSbigO0000c2f6@hotmail.com><017d01c39a37$a168bae0$6a1fa8c0@ocfl061><01be01c39a39$2b750ad0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> <004201c39a3c$64f37d20$6a1fa8c0@ocfl061>

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Have you restarted sendmail (if you're running a sendmail server on badboy
to handle your outgoing mail?)
Have you checked /etc/mail/submit.cf and /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to ensure
that the old hostname wasn't hard-coded in your sendmail configuration?

Matt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M.D. DeWar" <mark@s-wit.net>
To: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com>;
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: wrong name on emails


> Hello,
> Thanks.
> Yes it reports the correct hostname.
> And its correct in the rc.conf.
>
> Here is a copy of the FROM on a email sent by the cron
> root@badboy.wirelesscommunitynetworks.com (Cron Daemon)
>
> and hostname shows
> spiderman.wirelesscommunitynetworks.com
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com>
> To: "M.D. DeWar" <mark@s-wit.net>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: wrong name on emails
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "M.D. DeWar" <mark@s-wit.net>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:03 AM
> > Subject: wrong name on emails
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > When I first setup from FreeBSD 4.8 box I gave it one name, badboy.
Then
> > > later to due to dns issues I changed it to match DNS. Now when I get
an
> > > email from the box it says root@badboy.domain.com instead of the new
> name.
> > > I searched every file I can think of. rc.local,rc.conf , resolv.conf
and
> > > other files but with no luck.
> > > I tried egrep -iR "badboy" /
> > > to find it but it was taking a long long time. So killed it.
> > > Were do I find it and change it or is it permanently at the original
> > > hostname.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Mark
> > >
> >
> > Use the command hostname to verify that it's using the new name. If it
> shows
> > the old name there, do a hostname <new name> to correct it.. Provided
it's
> > correct in your rc.conf file as well.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Micheal Patterson
> > TSG Network Administration
> > 405-917-0600
> >
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