Bug#3046: Smail configuration problem?

[bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

Package: smail
From: "Ariel O. Garcia" <ariel@cab.cnea.edu.ar>
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Smail-3.1.29.1-23:  some problem with alias in /etc/hosts, I think,
   what happens is that now I can only send mail to a fully qualified
   domain name, a mail to a short name (an alias in the /etc/hosts file)
   isn't recognized and it bounces back with 'unknown host'.
   The alias works OK with ping, telnet, etc.
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