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-rw-r--r--Mailman/Defaults.py.in4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Defaults.py.in b/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
index 87e8c1fe2..e3007e643 100644
--- a/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
+++ b/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
@@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ SMTP_MAX_SESSIONS_PER_CONNECTION = 0
# lock. Use with caution.
MAX_DELIVERY_THREADS = 0
-# SMTP host and port, when DELIVERY_MODULE is 'SMTPDirect'
+# SMTP host and port, when DELIVERY_MODULE is 'SMTPDirect'. Make sure the
+# host exists and is resolvable (i.e., if it's the default of "localhost" be
+# sure there's a localhost entry in your /etc/hosts file!)
SMTPHOST = 'localhost'
SMTPPORT = 0 # default from smtplib