Gottipati Aravind [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
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> hostname
>
> Type: string
> Default: ""
>
> Specifies the hostname to use after the ``@'' in local e-mail
> addresses. This overrides
> the compile time definition obtained from /etc/resolv.conf.
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>
> I think this means that outgoing mail to LOCAL USERS only is affected by
> it. but then I could be wrong.
You are right.
> Oh and one more thing! you could also be right.. I got the Mutt 1.2i
> source from mutt.org and compiled it myself. With that version of mutt
> the hostname works! that is it sets the hostname part to cc.usu.edu for
> all mails like I want it to. but if I use the precompiled debian version
> in frozen, it does not work with hostname. I need to set the From header
> explicitly in that case.
Check the value of $use_domain in both cases.
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