Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail.cf hostname named ?s Keywords: sendmail setup config hostname named Message-ID: <1990Oct13.123427.8147@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 13 Oct 90 12:34:27 GMT References: <1990Oct13.083802.12321@wrl.dec.com> Distribution: comp Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 15 In article <1990Oct13.083802.12321@wrl.dec.com> vixie@wrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie) writes: ># 2. What should Cw (hostname) be set to? > > Cw$d $j localhost > Just a quick warning - Don't take the above suggested 'Cw' definition too literally. The $d and $j won't do anything. In many (most??, all??) version of sendmail, the $macros are not expanded during the processing of C lines. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940