Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Martin Schulze wrote: > > >Please be more verbose. > > > >Why should gethostname() not return the valid hostname of the host > >it runs on? > > > >If it doesn't return something useful, I'd expect /etc/hostname and > >thus the hostname setting to be bogus and correction-requiring. > > > >On Debian installations, the name in /etc/hostname and /etc/mailname and > >/etc/hosts should be consistent. If this isn't the case, the local > >admin has botched it, I'd say until proven otherwise. > > First of all, a host is not the same thing as a domain; > You can not expect '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to work when it really > should be '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > This is why Exim for instance, uses /etc/mailname for it's default domain. > And this still leaves you with the option of changing the qualify domain > in it's config.
I see. The behaviour will be adjusted in the next upload. Regards, Joey -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]