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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 That's because sendmail.cw has been replaced by "local-host-names".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

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