Path: utzoo!utgpu!lsuc!maccs!dan
From: dan@maccs.UUCP (Dan Trottier)
Newsgroups: tor.news
Subject: Pathalias strangeness
Message-ID: <898@maccs.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 87 21:34:15 GMT
Reply-To: dan@maccs.UUCP (Dan Trottier)
Distribution: tor
Organization: DCSS, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Well I've finally installed Pathalias version 9 and created a new paths
database from the recent maps. All went fine except one minor annoyance.

We have a file called Local that we pass along to pathalias which defines
paths local to our site and not to be made public. In this file I have
a line which redefines the BITNET gateway. With the previous set of maps
everything worked fine. For some reason unknown to me the redefinition
of the BITNET gateway no longer works!

#
#	These are local definitions that are not to be broadcast 
#	to the USENET world
#
#	Dan Trottier	08/27/87  (Local)
#
#

[ info deleted ]

# BITNET GATEWAY
xxxxx	.bitnet

[ info deleted ]

-----

This is the site that is becoming the BITNET forwarder instead of site xxxxx.

UUCP mail path for .super:
.super.org	mnetor!uunet!prcrs!decuac!super!%s	200

UUCP mail information for host .super (#USENET lines show USENET links):
#Name			.super.org, super

[ info deleted ]

super	.super.org
super=	super.org
super	decuac(DIRECT), gymble(DIRECT), umd5(DIRECT), c1east(DIRECT), psuvax1(DIRECT), 
	mmlai(HOURLY), psuvax1(HOURLY), ccvaxa(DAILY/3), mfci(DAILY/6), mtxinu(DAILY),
	".umd.edu"(DIRECT), ".bitnet"(DIRECT), ".psu.edu"(DIRECT)
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                               (the culprit)

[ info deleted ]

My question is: Why?

Our BITNET forwarder is not far away and the link is *faster* than the one
to super.super.org. Is there a change I can make to our Local file that will
in fact fix the problem?

dan
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