[tin-users] Can't get a (fully-qualified) domain-name!

[Urs Janßen]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 02:52:39PM +0200, Lucian Lancea wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I try to use tin and I got the following warning:
> 
> Can't get a (fully-qualified) domain-name!
> 
> I did update the file ~/.tin/newsrctable, but same warning is displayed.

That file is for mapping newsrcs (newsgroup lists stating which articles
have been read) to news-servers, but the error message is about your local
system.

> Can you please help me?

See the README from the source
<http://bzr.tin.org/README>
| Note that tin requires a valid fully qualified domain name for the host
| you are running tin on. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HOST NAME WITH A VALID DOMAIN
| GO AND GET ONE AND CONFIGURE YOUR HOST -- NOW! (This will prevent problems
| with other software, too.)

If you can't configure you system with a valid domain name you could use
(see tin(5)):
|       /etc/tin/tin.defaults
[...]
|             domainname
|                     Sets a global domain name used in From lines
as a last resort.