[OpenIndiana-discuss] mailhost and other "standard" hostnames

[Rob Shinn]

On Nov 9, 2012 8:24 PM, "Jim Klimov" <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:
>
> Back in Solaris 8 or so, the bundled sendmail included a default
> smart_host definition, so that machines internal to a network
> could collect and perhaps relay their messages on one dedicated
> SMTP server. For this the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file included
>
> DSmailhost$?m.$m$.

Encouraging such laziness seems like a bad idea, IMHO.  There are many
rootkits that include tools for hunting for mailservers named things like
mail,  mailhost, etc.

You did ask ...