Why the domain is added automatically when sending mail by postfix?

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Issue

  • When sending mail using mail root command, why the "@myorigin" will be automatically added?
  • When sending mail using mail root@localhost command, why the ".domain" will be automatically added?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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