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Date:      Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:45:19 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail local-host-names
Message-ID:  <20051206164519.GA15738@flame.pc>
In-Reply-To: <BFBB19DA.3781%chowse@charter.net>
References:  <BFBB19DA.3781%chowse@charter.net>

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On 2005-12-06 10:35, Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to collect mail for FreeBSD user charles on my Mac.
>
> The hostname of my FreeBSD box is:
> moe.local
>
> User charles has an account, has been added to the qpopper authentication
> database, and sendmail_enable="NO" is in /etc/rc.conf.
>
> In /etc/mail/local-host-names, I have:
> moe.local
> larry.local
> local
>
> It's working, but I think I have too many entries in local-host-names.
> What entries are necessary?

If your local hostnames are listed as names of one of the local IP
addresses in your /etc/hosts, then none is needed.  Sendmail will
discover the local addresses on its own.




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