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From: piet@mcvax.uucp (Piet Beertema)
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Subject: Re: /usr/lib/aliases name format
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 04:41:46 EST
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		>> ...noting that the mailer is the one defined with the name "local"
       		         	  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
		>Sorry, but I did not understand the phrase I put up-arrows under.
	...."sendmail" recognizes that it's done with an address by a rule
	which includes an indication like
		$#local $:$n
	on its right-hand side.
Nowhere in the manual is it stated that that mailer *must* be named "local".
That's obviously what's behind the "don't understand" remark.

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	Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam
	piet@mcvax.uucp