diff --git a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
index b04b3501f5..4c45a691d0 100644
--- a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
+++ b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 #	[<whitespace>]<filename><whitespace><error message><end-of-line>
 #
 # comment lines begin with '#'
+syncmail