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 -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
