Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!bellboy!hack From: hack@bellboy.UUCP (Greg Hackney) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Smail, etc. Message-ID: <1084@bellboy.UUCP> Date: 5 Jun 88 21:32:13 GMT References: <971@ndsuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: hack@bellboy.UUCP (Greg Hackney) Organization: home Lines: 22 In article <971@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncegeber@ndsuvax.UUCP (Roger Egeberg) writes: >We finally got around to getting our SysV/AT system talking to the local VAX >through uucp. Since the 'mail' and 'mailx' programs that come with Microport >don't seem to know about sending mail unless you have a specific path(!), I'd >like to know what else is required to use the 'user\@site.uucp' style >addresses. You'll need to start by getting the public domain source code "smail". It has documentation on installation. It essentially replaces your rmail file with a file that does every thing rmail did plus looks also looks at a "paths" file to determine routing. It still uses the existing mail and mailx programs (although mail is moved to lmail and gets accessed indirectly thru a new mail program). The latest "smail" package also includes the source code for the tools to build your "paths" file (pathalias), that is, if you have a news feed that gets comp.mail.maps. If not, a neighbor can build a paths file for you. Get the source code from a neighbor, and look at the docs. -- Greg