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Date:      Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:15:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Christoph Prevezanos <Christoph.Prevezanos@post.uni-bielefeld.de>
Cc:        THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_R=E9p_:_Sendmail_Problem=3F?=
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980604221508.26356f-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199806041127060690.0015FB39@Postfach.Uni-Bielefeld.de>

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On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Christoph Prevezanos wrote:

> Another REALLY basic question.....
> In rc.conf, do I have to enter only the local hostname (e.g. "ripley") or the full qulified domain name (e.g. "ripley.prevezanos.com"). I am a bit confused because on our IRIX6.2-boxes I just enter "ripley".
> If I do so in FreeBSD sendmail tells me illegal hostname.

FreeBSD expects a fully-qualified hostname.

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