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Re: [feedback@xxxxxxx: Ticket [20040312990000200]]



Mutt actually attempts to grab the domain name from the host name as
returned by uname(2), and only resorts to parsing /etc/resolv.conf
if that fails.  The safest thing to do is probably to set the
$hostname variable in mutt's configuration file.
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Thomas Roessler · Personal soap box at <http://log.does-not-exist.org/>.






On 2004-03-15 09:07:21 -0500, Jason Philbrook wrote:
> From: Jason Philbrook <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:07:21 -0500
> Subject: [feedback@xxxxxxx: Ticket [20040312990000200]]
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> I see a problem where mutt picks up the domain name for it's from 
> address as the search domain in /etc/resolv.conf. This is in SuSe 9.0 
> and mutt-1.4.1i-140. SuSe tells me it is a mutt issue and not a SuSe 
> specific issue. AFAIK, the search domain can differ from the domain the 
> computer's hostname is in. See the note I sent to SuSe below.
> 
> Thanks for the great mail program! I use it entirely now as a 
> superior replacement for elm.
> 
> -Jason
> 
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> Dear Mr. Philbrook,
> 
> Thank you for your mail to the SUSE Linux feedback team.
> 
> >     Summary: mutt uses domain name for sending email from bad source
> 
> > When you send an email with mutt it puts your from address to be
> > username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead of
> > username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Changing the search domain suffix
> > changes this. I don't think the search domain is the same as domainname,
> > and mutt should not be confused by this. search domain is for doing
> > 'telnet tea' and the computer would automatically assume you were
> > telnetting to tea.midcoast.com, regardless of what the fqdn of the machine
> > you are using is.
> 
> If this behaviour annoys you, configure mutt do behave differently. This is
> the way mutt works and we can not and will not change it.
> 
> 
> Your SUSE Linux Feedback Team
>       Philipp Thomas
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