Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:41:23 +0000 From: Keith Jones <keithj@sse0691.bri.hp.com> To: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: big trouble - sendmail in todays stable NOT reading sendmail.cw Message-ID: <20001101124123.A22978@moose.bri.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011010725050.438-100000@veager.siteplus.net>; from jim@siteplus.net on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:30:28AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010311927500.90710-100000@awww.jeah.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011010725050.438-100000@veager.siteplus.net>
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:30:28AM -0500, Jim Weeks wrote: > > 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 That's because sendmail.cw has been replaced by "local-host-names".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? I'd assume because "sendmail.cw" is utterly meaningless to a new user, whereas "local-host-names" actually makes some kind of sense. Keith -- Keith Jones E-Business Service Introduction, GBIT-E (Bristol) E: keith_jones@non.hp.com T: [+44 117] 312-7602 I don't speak for Hewlett-Packard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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