Re: Desktop hostname?
I use exim on every one of my debian machines. Did you let it know to
use a smart-host? You probably need to know the name of the mail server
at our ISP.
Regarding your hostname, you can specify what you email address should
be (usually set by your ISP). The local host name shouldn't matter.
Art Edwards
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 01:33:17AM +0100, David Jardine wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:33:49PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> > I'm an average-Joe user on a lone desktop machine connected to the internet
> > through a cable modem & router. Currently, I have my hostname set to 'Moe',
> > simply because I think Moe is a good name for my computer. This seems to show up
> > in lots of other things, though, like assumed e-mail addresses and default
> > identifiers and such. Is there anything this /should/ be set to? 'localhost'
> > seems to be the default, but that doesn't seem any more descriptive or useful
> > than my made-up name.
>
> Did you just tell exim it was called "Moe" or is that the name
> you've given it? If you gave it a name when you installed the
> system but don't remember it, type
>
> hostname
>
> to find out what it is.
>
> >
> > I guess this question is related to my exim settings. Exim has always seemed to
> > me to be good for server-type systems, not home desktops. Although I'd really
> > like to get it working to at least be able to send mail through it, so I don't
> > have the personal stigma of having a 'broken mail system' anymore.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
>
> I'm sure I'm one of the most clueless people that ever joined this
> mailing list, and I got it to work. :)
>
> David
>
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