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- From: kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
- Subject: "Standard" Behavior of $[ $] Syntax (?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.013900.16700@cfctech.cfc.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 01:39:00 GMT
- Organization: Chrysler Financial Corp., Southfield, MI
- Lines: 23
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- Quick and simple question: on most sendmails which I've (reluctantly)
- configured, the $[ $] syntax will transform a partially-qualified name into
- an FQDN, e.g.
-
- foo.bar -> foo.bar.blech.com
-
- Is this behavior universal enough to be considered part of the de facto
- sendmail "standard"? I have an implementation of sendmail, from a vendor who
- shall remain nameless, where the $[ $] syntax will ONLY translate CNAMEs into
- their canonical counterparts; it passes partially-qualified names through
- untouched. This is highly inconvenient, but, not being a sendmail expert, I'm
- unsure whether to actually call it "broken"...
-
- P.S. Yes, both RES_DNSRCH & RES_DEFNAMES are set by default in my resolver
- library. Nothing on the machine, other than sendmail, seems to be having
- a problem with partially-qualified names.
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