Breezy: Losing localhost.localdomain

[David M. Carney]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:18:43 +0000
Clive Menzies <clive at clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:

> On (17/02/06 01:11), David M. Carney wrote:
> > I have a registered domain name.
> > 
> > If I send email through sendmail, my return address is
> > david at localhost.localdomain.
> > 
> > Needless to say, this does not work well.
> > 
> > How do I fix it?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Try:
> 
> # dpkg-reconfigure postfix
> 
> It should give you the opportunity to add your domain.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive
> 

Postfix was not installed, so I tried to install, first via a
gnome-terminal, then synaptic. Got the same results each time, no
matter what options I choose.

After I change the hostname (or even if I make NO change to the
'localhost.localdomain' default selection), I hit enter then the
installation process locks up with:

Preconfiguring packages ...
Warning: Newline present in parameters passed to debconf.
This will probably cause strange things to happen!

...indeed! Locking up IS strange!

Suggestions?

David

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