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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?
From: |
Chris Lightfoot |
Subject: |
Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname? |
Date: |
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:12:21 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.3.24i |
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 11:59:55PM +0100, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 06:10:53PM +0100, Chris Elsworth wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 05:19:00PM +0200, Klaus Rene Hansen [ Sconk ] wrote:
> > > how do i change the hostname (pukkelhval) to some thing else?
> > > POP3< +OK <address@hidden>
> >
> > I believe it uses the value from /etc/resolv.conf listed as domain:
> >
> > domain shagged.org
>
> Having just been poking about in mutt sources, another possibility is
> "search" in /etc/resolv.conf, after looking for "domain". Debian has a
Ugh.
> /etc/mailname file which is created during install and is a single line
> consisting of hostname.domain (or just hostname if no domain was given).
Sensible, but too complicated for this application.
> Incidently the domainname field in the utsname structure returned by
> uname(2) is a GNUism.
-- so it is. Solaris's domainname(1m) appears to ask the
resolver(!) for this information, presumably via
resolv.conf. Mad.
My thinking is that you can just put (domain) in the
config file.
--
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he gets hit by an American nuclear submarine.
(seen on the internet)
- [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Klaus Rene Hansen [Sconk], 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Chris Elsworth, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Chris Elsworth, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Allan Joergensen, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Chris Lightfoot, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Allan Joergensen, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Chris Lightfoot, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Allan Joergensen, 2002/06/30
Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Chris Lightfoot, 2002/06/30
Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?, Paul Makepeace, 2002/06/30
- Re: [tpop3d-discuss] hostname?,
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