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From: paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: MX records, NAMED_BIND, and aliases in /etc/hosts
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Date: 21 Jul 90 15:10:00 GMT
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jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes:

>It seems when sendmail is compiled with NAMED_BIND defined, then nameserver
>support is incorporated. This is fine. However, sendmail will then refuse
>to use or recognize any and all aliases in /etc/hosts. For example, if a
>line in /etc/host is:
>
>128.183.44.2    unixbox.gsfc.nasa.gov   tryme

Put the aliases into the nameserver as CNAMEs.

/pbp
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