Sendmail and SMTP AUTH

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 09.07.2004 schrieb Kenneth Porter um 18:16:

> >> I use define(`SMART_HOST',`[mail.bellsouth.net]') in
> >> sendmail.mc.  This has been working well since long before FC2.
> >
> > Why the Bellsouth SMTP server in squared brackets?
> 
> I haven't seen that done in SMART_HOST, but in mailertable the square 
> brackets mean that the host is the actual SMTP host. Without them, sendmail 
> does a DNS lookup on the name looking for an MX record, assuming that the 
> name is an email domain, not a particular host.

Yes, I know what the squared bracket mean and normally are for in
Sendmail setups :) Just wanted to know by Bob why he thinks they have to
be there in his smart host definition.

Alexander


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