Have you restarted sendmail (if you're running a sendmail server on badboy to handle your outgoing mail?) Have you checked /etc/mail/submit.cf and /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to ensure that the old hostname wasn't hard-coded in your sendmail configuration?
Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.D. DeWar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Micheal Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Re: wrong name on emails > Hello, > Thanks. > Yes it reports the correct hostname. > And its correct in the rc.conf. > > Here is a copy of the FROM on a email sent by the cron > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > > and hostname shows > spiderman.wirelesscommunitynetworks.com > > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Micheal Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "M.D. DeWar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: wrong name on emails > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "M.D. DeWar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:03 AM > > Subject: wrong name on emails > > > > > > > Hello, > > > When I first setup from FreeBSD 4.8 box I gave it one name, badboy. Then > > > later to due to dns issues I changed it to match DNS. Now when I get an > > > email from the box it says [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of the new > name. > > > I searched every file I can think of. rc.local,rc.conf , resolv.conf and > > > other files but with no luck. > > > I tried egrep -iR "badboy" / > > > to find it but it was taking a long long time. So killed it. > > > Were do I find it and change it or is it permanently at the original > > > hostname. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Mark > > > > > > > Use the command hostname to verify that it's using the new name. If it > shows > > the old name there, do a hostname <new name> to correct it.. Provided it's > > correct in your rc.conf file as well. > > > > -- > > > > Micheal Patterson > > TSG Network Administration > > 405-917-0600 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is > > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > > message. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
