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From: krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re:  uucp and the Apollo network
Message-ID: <8810231820.AA08333@richter.mit.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 88 18:20:13 GMT
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My guess is that you sendmail.cf file (the sendmail configuration file in
/usr/lib) contains a line which reads the local node name into a variable
which is used in constructing the address. The line in our file looks something
like:

# The $w macro is preset by sendmail to the current host's
# name. Here we simply capture the value in our own $A macro.
#
DA$w
#
# The $D macro will be the domain for this machine. If your machine
# is part of a registered domain, that name should be defined here.
# If you don't have a domain, leave it defined as "local". Some typical
# domains are DEC.COM, ARPA, MIT.EDU, CSS.GOV.
#
DDmit.edu
#
# These are other "domains" in which this machine may be named. They
# are used to recognize all forms of name for the local machine.
#
CDlocal uucp
#
# The $j macro is the name presented to remote SMTP servers when
# establishing a mail connection. It should always be your fully
# qualified domain name.
#
Dj$w.$D
#
# The $U macro is the name of this machine for UUCP communications.
# It is usually the same as the normal host name, but may need to be
# different for political reasons.
#
DU$w


In this particular case, you would want to redefine the $u macro so that
every machine gave the name of your UUCP gateway rather than their own
name. Your sendmail.cf file probably has some similar stuff near the
top of the file. Remember that you need to delete the sendmail.fc file
(the compiled version of sendmail.cf) after making the changes in the
.cf file. Otherwise the mailer will read the .fc file instead of the
new .cf file. You can recreate the .fc file after editing the .cf file
by typing the command "sendmail -bz".


 -- David Krowitz

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