Stupid network hostname problem

From: Jarson (jarsonk_at_nospam.com)
Date: 04/29/05 

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:16:02 -0400

I've created this really annoying network problem by having an incorrect
hostname, domainname or something. I don't know what I did wrong to create
the problem. Anytime I use try to access an invalid domain name, my system
appends it to my own domain name.

Example:
> ping www.cupsnotbook.com becomes www.cupsnotbook.myprivatedomain.com

This is mildly annoying, however, if my host's DNS server is inaccessible
and I am trying to send an email to a valid domain, then it too gets messed
up.
  i.e. bill@microsoft.com becomes bill@microsoft.com.myprivatedomain.com

I am trying to have a hostname of "fedora" on my domain of
"myprivatedomain.com" (not my real domain)
I am not sure where my problem is, or how to fix it. Here is the output of
some commands -- can someone tell me what looks wrong?
> hostname fedora
> domainname (none)
> dnsdomainname myprivatedomain.com
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network
        NETWORK=yes
        HOSTNAME=fedora.myprivatedomain.com

Thanks, Jarson (jarson from sygration - that's a dot com company if want to
mail me)