Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:59:50 -0600 From: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sendmail local-host-names Message-ID: <BFBB3BC6.37A5%chowse@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <20051206181907.GA16479@flame.pc>
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> On 2005-12-06 12:11, Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> wrote: >> In the past, I was just *certain* I had to had something in >> local-host-names. Oh, well. :-) >> >> [charles@moe:~]$ echo '$=w' | sendmail -bt >> ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) >> Enter <ruleset> <address> >> [IPv6:::1] >> moe >> [192.168.254.4] >> [IPv6:fe80::1] >> [IPv6:fe80::2a0:ccff:fe29:689d] >> moe.local >> localhost.local >> localhost >> larry.local >> [localhost.local] >> local >> [127.0.0.1] >> >> [root@moe:~]# rm /etc/mail/local-host-names >> [root@moe:~]# killall -HUP sendmail >> [root@moe:~]# echo '$=w' | sendmail -bt >> ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) >> Enter <ruleset> <address> >> [IPv6:::1] >> moe >> [192.168.254.4] >> [IPv6:fe80::1] >> [IPv6:fe80::2a0:ccff:fe29:689d] >> moe.local >> localhost.local >> localhost >> [localhost.local] >> [127.0.0.1] > > Well, it looks I was (at least partially) wrong. > > One notable difference is that in the second case (without a local-host-names > file), the host name "larry.local" is not recognized as a local host name. > > It may be a good idea to keep the local-host-names file in your case, to make > sure that Sendmail knows about both moe.local and larry.local. It's working without a local-host-names file, so if it gets squirrelly, I'll add it back. Thanks for the help. :-)
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