sendmail domain

[Justin Willmert]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Do, den 22.12.2005 schrieb azeem ahmad um 16:23:
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>>i got a question n i studied for it but couldnt get satisfied
>>the question is
>>how sendmail server comes to know which domain it belongs to
>>i mean if there is a server mail.example.com
>>then how mail comes to know that it belongs to example.com domain
>>Regards
>>Azeem
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>You have to tell Sendmail which domains have to be treated as local -
>class {w} - or relay - class {R} - domains in a) local-host-names or b)
>in relay-domains.
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>Alexander
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That is also what the MX record in a domain's DNS is for.

Justin Willmert