[SGVLUG] [LiLAX] Postfix Rejections

Emerson, Tom (*IC) Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com
Thu Mar 19 13:56:11 PDT 2009


> -----Original Message----- Of Rae Yip
[...]
> 
> I don't really know why they bother with 
> "localhost.$mydomain" really; no one ever sends email to 
> that, and it's rarely actually defined in /etc/hosts.

A /real person/ isn't likely to do this, but I could see the possibility
that a script might do this (as a "default" if not otherwise
configured), and even then, this is slightly more pedantic than simply
referring to "localhost", and is actually more work for a script to look
up the domain as an unqualified "localhost" would (should) be
effectively the same...



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