Mark W. Eichin writes ("Re: Bug#4477: Emacs doesn't use /etc/mailname"): > umm, should it? I believe that emacs trusts the MUA to do the right > thing, leaving mail-host-address for the *user* to override if they wish...
If /etc/mailname is not the same as `hostname -q` then mail-host-address should IMO be set to its contents. Ian.