On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Dave Murray wrote:
> If I were to change it to:
> 127.0.0.1 bozo clown.circus
I wouldn't do such a thing since 127.0.0.1 is _reserved_ for localhost.
Some programs (or scripts) might use localhost for some purpose. A simple
example would be connecting to localhost:80 to see if a http service is
active.
> What will it mess up, make better, cause me to change?
I think you should be looking hostname(1) to set your machine name or
changing the relevent documentation entries for mutt and/or sendmail.
Changing localhost is bad practice.
cheers,
//chris
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