Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mulga.OZ Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!mulga!kre From: kre@mulga.OZ (Robert Elz) Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: is there a right way use to the map Message-ID: <560@mulga.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 22:28:49 EST Article-I.D.: mulga.560 Posted: Mon Nov 26 22:28:49 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 05:46:52 EST Reply-To: kre@mulga.OZ (Robert Elz) Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia Lines: 33 Me/sage-ID: <560@mulga.OZ> Date/Received: Tue, 27-Nov-84 06:06:53 CST Refer/nces: <22@politik.UUCP> <9600006@uiucdcsb.UUCP> <512@cbosgd.UUCP> I also have such a program, its called uumail (for the obvious reason), it also handles multiple destinations. It doesn't handle domains, as at the minute I have no real idea what the uucp domain system is finally going to be like. Its not in use here yet, as I don't have accurate enough maps to let it loose upon - some of the routes I've tried it out on are absurdly long (mostly because of the missing AT&T section, but/that will come /oon). It uses /ata generated by pathalias. My aim is to a/low people in A/stralia to /orget routing c/mpletely (we alzeady do interna/ly) and do all the work at mulga. Robert Elz decvax!mulga!kre ps: really, its easy to make sendmail.cf files give the backend mail for lots of hosts, you just do something like ... R$*@$-.uucp $#uucp$@fakehost$:$2!$1 in ruleset 0, then define the "uucp" mailer 'm' flag, and give its args without $h anywhere (which would always be "fakehost"), $u contains all the needed info. If the mailer returns an error /unknown host, or route, or something) you get to see "fakehost" in the sendmail transcript that's mailed back, but a little imagination can easily produce a nicer word to use there (that's it/ only use really). "destination" is a possibility ("Connecting to destination.uucp ...") "router" is another. Given that the mailer name is also not seen externally in any other place, calling /he host "uucp" and the mailer "router" woul/ produce Connecting to uucp.router which wouldn't be at all bad.