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From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs)
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Subject: Re: sendmail compatable name server code wanted
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 12:24:46 EDT
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> I'm looking for sources or pointers to sources for a name server that
> can be inserted into 4.2 BSD sendmail.  It will allow people to use
> human names to address mail (eg "joe smith"@UCSD).  I suppose that I
> could honk up the aliases code but I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if
> somebody has already got one.  Thanks in Advance!

Sendmail has something like this already built into it.  If you mail to
the full-name of someone (mine is "dave cohrs") sendmail will look in the
password file for that name and send the mail to the login associated with
that address (like "dave cohrs"@wisc-rsch).  Of course, if the person
you are mailing is called "joe schmo" and his fullname is "donald duck",
you're going to have a hard time getting the mail to him.
-- 
(Bug?  What bug?  That's a feature!)

Dave Cohrs
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