After installing Jaguar, I found that the new Mail.app wasn't sending my mail; it was having a hard time finding my ISP's SMTP server. The problem, and a solution, were provided graciously by Mr. Rich Stultz, who got the following fix from Apple directly. The problem is in the /etc/hostconfig file. There is one line, just one line, that needs to be changed. It currently may look like:
The following fix uses the pico text editor; if you have another favorite Unix text editor, like vi or emacs, alter the steps accordingly:
HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-and should look like:
HOSTNAME=-localhost-Edit this file as root (creating ahem! a backup copy before doing so) and make the change. Don't know how? Read the rest of the article for Mr. Stultz's brief instructions.
The following fix uses the pico text editor; if you have another favorite Unix text editor, like vi or emacs, alter the steps accordingly:
- Open the terminal
- Type
sudo -s
- Enter your password (you are an administrator, no?)
- Type
pico /etc/hostconfig
- Spot the offender a few lines down, change it as directed above
- Press Ctrl-X to exit, then y to save
- Hit return to confirm the file name
- Restart, and start sending mail!
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