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- From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
- Subject: Re: Is it possible to alias a hostname?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.164611.31267@mp.cs.niu.edu>
- Organization: Northern Illinois University
- References: <1992Dec30.110027.24942@athena.mit.edu> <1993Jan2.113941.23309@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 16:46:11 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.113941.23309@athena.mit.edu> vlcek@mtl.mit.edu (Jim Vlcek) writes:
- >I'd needed a way to redirect mail that was addressed to PCs which
- >....
-
- > R$*<@$=C>$* $1<@LOCAL>$3 <@pc> -> <@LOCAL>
- > R$*<@$=C.$=m>$* $1<@LOCAL>$4 <@pc.dom> -> <@LOCAL>
- >..
-
- >Now, the question is, where should these rules be placed (ie, in which
- >ruleset)? Ruleset three is used to map addresses into an internal
-
- They probably should go in ruleset 0, toward the beginning of the
- ruleset. But you may need to change the second rule, or add a
- new rule
-
- R$*<@$=C.LOCAL>$* $1<@LOCAL>$3
-
- Putting it in ruleset 3 only affects the actual delivery, and does
- not change the address on the headers.
-
- Actually, if you put those hosts in class 'w' instead of class 'C'
- you probably won't need any new rules at all.
-
-