Could someone please guide me in adding & configuring a domain name so that the VPS can use it for sending system emails?
The domain name will not be used for anything else - only for VPS outgoing system emails.
Hello,
I suggest that you install Postfix on your VPS, and... voilà it is able to send e-mails.
Hi, do you happen to know where in the Plesk panel you can set the email address that the VPS sends system emails from?
It currently does send system emails... but it's using my personal address as the sender, which of course creates havoc in my inbox because it's treated as suspicious (the VPS shouldn't be sending emails posing as "hotmail.com" anyway). :)
1) I am not using Plesk. You should better seek advice in the Plesk community.
2) setting the sender address is the responsibility of the mail program that injects the mail in the internet. Postfix will transport the e-mail as it has been submitted. The sender full name and e-mail address is set by the application program and not by Postfix.
By default a Linux system sets the sender as "login@hostname"