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

[Lucian Lancea]

On 02.02.2024 15:34, Urs Janßen wrote:
> 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.
> 
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Thank you very much.
I updated the domain name in /etc/hosts, and now the warning is gone.
Thank you again.