On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote: > > 2) It doesn't recognize thishost as its host name. > > For #2, double check that /etc/hostname is the same as a reverse DNS lokup > > on the IP address of the machine. > > Errr, what if somebody isn't running DNS??? (like me???) Won't > defining Dwmyhost and Dj$w still work? What the heck is this .cw > file for? Why is debian implementing an incompatable sendmail? > Isn't sendmail complicated enough? I thought a project design > goal was to have a *nix compatable system? Are other Linux > distributions adopting this .cw file as well?
Sorry. I guess I meant a reverse /etc/hosts or DNS lookup. The .cw file is implementing the Cw macro as a separate file, perhaps so that someone without root privs can maintain the mailserver. Cw is still in the .cf, so it is still _compatible_, at least with documented standards. From my "mailhub" templinux, I allow templin-wks: [snipped from sendmail.cf] Cwlocalhost # file containing names of hosts for which we receive email Fw/etc/mail/sendmail.cw [snipped from sendmail.cw] templin-wks.bucknell.edu > > I'm a bit surprised that mx.mydom.com accepts your mail, as > > /etc/mail/sendmail.cw (in the debian implementation, was formerly in > > sendmail.cf as CW) must contain thishost.mydom.com. Unless of course that > > I found no debian specific documentation for sendmail that > mentioned a sendmail.cw file. Perhaps not, but sendmail has always (well, for a while, and documented in Eric Allman's bible) used at least the Cw macro (the sendmail.cw is at least in debian linux - I haven't even considered looking at another distribution since I saw the Debian light) to extend the definition of "local" addresses. Example: Mail.bucknell.edu handles local mail delivery for @bucknell.edu mail. As such, it needs to have "bucknell.edu" defined in Cw. If bucknell were to install a holding point to manage incoming mail (perhaps while a system upgrade took place, using DNS MX records), it would NOT handle "bucknell.edu" mail (as it doesn't have the users defined/mailboxes properly updated). Although I refuse to claim that I am a sendmail expert, I can probably field a few questions/provide a little advice on the above. Holler if I can help. --Pete _______________________________________________________________ Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
