[hobbit] Hobbit alerts - Changing the sender's name

[Josh Luthman]

Are you looking to change the sender's email address or the hostname in the
content of the message?

Josh

On 11/15/07, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 15, 2007 11:20 AM, Aaron Kincaid <akincaid at beckautogroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  Gentlemen,
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit?  I
> > have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I want
> > my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit".  Where do I go
> > to change the sender's name?
> >
>
> How are you sending the alerts??  If it's via email on a Unix/Linux box,
> the mail system is probably picking up the user name from the GECOS field in
> /etc/passwd.
>
> Ralph Mitchell
>



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