System variables in MailScanner.conf

[Yu Chen]

>> Looks like it's a FreeBSD thing as my FreeBSD boxes (5.3 & 5.4) all like
>> $HOST and 'Undefined Variable' $HOSTNAME
>

Actually, just took a look at 'man bash', it says "HOSTNAME" automatically 
set to the name of the current host. :-)

Chen

> Maybe HOSTNAME is set by the shell, works in bash.
> A grep for HOSTNAME returns among others these:
> /etc/profile:
> HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`; export HOSTNAME
>
> So you I guess you would have to put in
> /etc/csh.login or in ~/.cshrc
> setenv HOSTNAME `/bin/hostname`
>
>
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