Three basic files

The following three databases are disk files used to load sendmail.cf class variables:

trusted-users file
The default path of this file is /etc/mail/trusted-users. It adds usernames, to the list of users that are trusted to send mail under another user's name, to the class variable t in the configuration file. By default, the class variable t contains the names daemon, root, and uucp.
relay-domains file
Sendmail copies data written in this file to the class variable R. This enables relaying in the domains of the /etc/mail/relay-domains file.
local-host-names file
This file is used when systems use the sendmail server as a mailbox server to hold their mail. By using class variable w in the configuration file, the mail to the system listed in /etc/mail/local-host-names will be accepted as a local delivery.