Re: QWCRSSTS problem

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed - very dangerous to assume this kind of thing - the classic 
outcome of assuming is imminent!

Scott Klement wrote:
> The system name should not be used to build the domain part of the 
> sender address. The system name and the TCP/IP domain name are two 
> different things.
>
> Presumably, on the OP's system they happen to contain the same value, 
> and therefore appear to be the same.  And I guess it'll work if you are 
> sure it'll only be used on your system -- and you're sure that your 
> system will always have the system name and the domain name set to the 
> same value.  (Though, I'd say it's misleading at the very least.  you 
> may as well hard-code the domain name in your code!)
>
> But the OP said it was part of a freeware or open source toolkit.  In 
> that case, this is definitely not a good assumption to make.
>
>
> On 2/15/2010 12:53 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
>   
> > "get the system name to form the domain part of  the sender address"
> >
> > They are just using it to build something to use in the email -
> > apparently they have a tight coupling of these items and trust it. Right
> > or wrong? Maybe now they'll know about that API.
> >
> >