From choeger@suse.de Mon Feb  9 08:35:20 1998
From: choeger@suse.de
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] HELP- How to stop hostname appending
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 09:35:20 +0100
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On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Pat Wilke wrote:

> I cannot subscribe directly as I have a static IP address from
> my ISP, but as a dial-up user running SuSE 5.1, I do not know how
> to stop my hostname from appending itself to the from addresss
> when sending mail, therefor whenever users reply, I don't get the mail ?
>=20
> I have edited the /etc/rc.config and changed FROM_ADDRESS=3D"alaska.net",
> which is my ISP's domain, but I still get pwilke.alaska.net as=20
> the sending domain ?

Perhaps your Ishmail is the source of all your trouble?!?
Does it set the From-Address by its own?
You may have a deeper look at its configuration or try to use Pine, where
you can set your From-Header perfectly... :-)

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Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] HELP- How to stop hostname appending
X-Mailer: Ishmail 1.3.2-970722-linux <<A HREF=3D"http://www.ishmail.com"><A H=
REF=3D"http://www.ishmail.com</A">http://www.ishmail.com</A</A>>>
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mfG,
        Carsten Hoeger
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Carsten Hoeger  - S.u.S.E. GmbH -  Gebhardtstr. 2  -  90762 Fuerth  -  Germany
fax +49-911-3206727                                     web <A HREF=3D"http:/=
/www.suse.de"><A HREF=3D"http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>>
In no sense, nonsense...


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