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Date:      Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:30:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: big trouble - sendmail in todays stable NOT reading sendmail.cw
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011010725050.438-100000@veager.siteplus.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010311927500.90710-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Chris Byrnes wrote:

> > Just built world in 2 machines ... read UPDATING nothing about sendmail.cw
> > not being respected. 
> > Now neither of them delivers mail. :(
> > local configuration error, mx list for foo.org points back to me !!! 
> > these domains _really_ are written to /etc/mail/sendmail.cw and they have
> > always worked...
> 
> That's because sendmail.cw has been replaced by "local-host-names".

Of course this is correct and pretty well documented, but I_have_ wondered
why?  It really seems more of an annoyance than any thing else.  

Is there a sound reason for changing the name of the file?

Jim



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