[Esd-l] $SECURITY_NOTIFY_RECIPIENT ?

[John D. Hardin]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Paul Thomas wrote:

> Why should $SECURITY_NOTIFY_RECIPIENT not be used if the server is
> a mail relay?

Because at the moment the recipient notification code is rather
simpleminded, and gets the recipient from $LOGNAME - which is only
meaningful for local delivery.

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