wrong name on emails

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On Friday 24 October 2003 18:13, Micheal Patterson wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M.D. DeWar" <mark at s-wit.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> 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 root at badboy.domain.com 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.
>
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>
> Micheal Patterson
> TSG Network Administration
> 405-917-0600
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