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
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