From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 1 4:37:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com (bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com [155.208.254.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D926237B4CF for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 04:37:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from hpcpbla.bri.hp.com (hpcpbla.bri.hp.com [15.144.112.65]) by bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F991E2CC; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:37:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from sse0691.bri.hp.com (sse0691.bri.hp.com [15.144.0.53]) by hpcpbla.bri.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.0) with ESMTP id MAA29709; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:37:12 GMT Received: (from keithj@localhost) by sse0691.bri.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA23036; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:41:23 GMT (envelope-from keithj) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:41:23 +0000 From: Keith Jones To: Jim Weeks , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: big trouble - sendmail in todays stable NOT reading sendmail.cw Message-ID: <20001101124123.A22978@moose.bri.hp.com> Mail-Followup-To: Keith Jones , Jim Weeks , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from jim@siteplus.net on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:30:28AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 That's because sendmail.cw has been replaced by "local-host-names".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