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There is a question on handling aliases for host names in "sendmail.cf"
for handling local mail.

Most of the "sendmail.cf"s I've seen and in use do it this way:

          S6
          R$*<@$=w>$*		$:$1<@$w.$D>$3
          R$*<@$=w.$D>$*	$:$1<@$w.$D>$3
          R$*<@$=U.UUCP>$*	$:$1<@$w.$D>$3
            ..
            ..
            ..
          S0
            ..
            ..
            ..
          R$+<@$w>$*		#local$:$1
          R$+<@$w.$D>$*		#local$:$1
            ..
            ..
            ..

This leads to a rewrite of the hostname, hiding the original name.


Why not doing it the following way, which keeps the original ?

          S6
            ..
            ..
            ..
          S0
            ..
            ..
            ..
          R$+<@$w>$*		#local$:$1
          R$+<@$w.$D>$*		#local$:$1
          R$+<@$=w>$*		#local$:$1
          R$+<@$=w.$D>$*	#local$:$1
            ..
            ..
            ..

Is there a significant reason for doing it the first way ?

Frank Elsner (TUBerlin Postmaster)