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Re: [Nmh-workers] annoying DNS lookups

2011-05-12 13:09:40
I fully admit this situation isn't wonderful; I'm open to suggestions.

It's futile trying to second guess the system config.  You trust in the 
response from gethostname(), and provide an nmh configuration file 
override for when gethostname() is wrong.

Okay, here's a non-theoretical scenario:

- nmh installed on shared filesystem, with shared configuration file.
- Client systems are configured with "short hostname".

What's the solution here?  If we do what you suggest, nmh will have a
functionality regression.

I confess, while this situation isn't ideal, we wouldn't even be talking
about it if it wasn't because of one user that had spotty DNS connectivity.
(And like I said in my original reply, it's possible that could get fixed
with a one-line change).

--Ken

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