From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 7 6:23:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B766937B401 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 06:23:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server12.safepages.com (server12.safepages.com [216.127.146.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B4043E65 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 06:23:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phummers@iname.com) Received: from 1Cust7.tnt4.rdu1.da.uu.net (1Cust7.tnt4.rdu1.da.uu.net [63.25.192.7]) by server12.safepages.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C3D5136A85 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:23:02 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:21:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Hummers X-X-Sender: phummers@cakes.iguanas.org To: freebsd-newbies Subject: Re: /etc/hosts, hostname and mail In-Reply-To: <3DA17E9D.7040309@home.se> Message-ID: <20021007091431.F3137-100000@cakes.iguanas.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Jesper Blomstr=F6m wrote: > I can=B4t get my mail to work properly ... > > My questions to you: > > 1. Can I set my hostname to anything I want? > 2. How shall my (according to question nr.1) /etc/hosts-file look like? > 3. Is there anyting else I need to do? > > > Many thanks from a frustrated. > > / Jeppe Hi, Jeppe. I have set up a different mail-system, and so _I_ don't have many answers for you, but I will direct you to the site that helped me. It's a column from the incredible Dru Lavigne at www.onlamp.com. She writes a column about FreeBSD Basics, and her very good column about understanding e-mail is at http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/30/FreeBSD_Basics.html It's not that hard, as Dru explains it. Good luck, -Peter Hummers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message