CLI mail command

Kurt Wall kwall at kurtwerks.com
Tue Nov 21 21:55:11 UTC 2006


On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 01:46:05PM -0800, James D. Parra wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When sending email from the CLI, the 'From:' domain is
> localhost.localdomain. Where can I change that to reflect the name of the
> computer? Running FC5 basic setup; nothing special. It is not a mail server
> and won't be receiving any either.

Short version: neither "mail" nor "mailx" will let you change this.

Kurt
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