Syntax inside main.cf

Dirk Moolman DirkM
Thu Jan 20 06:40:54 PST 2005


Excellent, thank you very much

Dirk

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[mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Wall
Sent: 20 January 2005 01:30 PM
To: Linux tips and tricks
Subject: Re: Syntax inside main.cf

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:08:51AM +0200, Dirk Moolman took 30 lines to
write:
> Another question - In the main.cf file, I see lines like:
> 
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain
> 
> 
> When I replace $myhostname with the real hostname, must I specify it
> with the $ sign, eg.   $mxgroup.co.za ,  or without ?   (IE, is

Without.

> $myhostname just representing a normal variable, or is this actually
> part of the syntax of the main.cf file ?)

$myhostname is just a variable. Thus:


mydomain = mxgroup.ca.za
myhostname = mailbeast.$mydomain
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain

Kurt
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