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- From: sbrant@npal.rn.com
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.misc
- Subject: Re: UUCP-SMTP help request
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.233940.21312@npal.rn.com>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 23:39:40 EDT
- References: <1992Dec16.111419.21308@npal.rn.com> <1gopmdINN2s0@dayub.dayton.saic.com>
- Organization: PalNet -- Indianapolis, Indiana
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- In article <1gopmdINN2s0@dayub.dayton.saic.com>, ake@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) writes:
- > sbrant@npal.rn.com wrote:
- > : --
- > : Eh gods...
- >
- > : My feed point wants us to stop doing routing from here. We use VMS uucp
- > : 2.0. He says that because our system is establishing routing, we are
- > : not fully using his router in the best way. He is running smtp.
- >
- > : I am not clear as to how to establish this as if we do not have the
- > : paths database online, the uucp blows up and will not send the mail
- > : and responds with INVALID internet address.
- >
- > : I think the solution is to use the mail_rewrite rules to intercept
- > : all outbound-to addresses and to insert the routing info forcing
- > : the message to go to the router system. I have attempted to do this
- > : and it does modify the b.xxx file and the d.xxx file remains ok with
- > : the proper @ address and uucp likes this. But I am not certain if this
- > : really works, or is the correct method.
- >
- > A better solution is to have a very small paths database. Have an
- > entry for your site and any you call. Put a smart-host line pointing to your
- > UUCP/SMTP neighbor. Take out the rest of the UUCP entries. Run the map
- > build procedure and you should have a working paths file.
- >
-
- Yes, this will work, as I have tried it. However, it is assuming that
- only systems that you send mail will be in the paths database. This may
- not be true in many cases. For example, if I see a listserv I wish to
- send a note to, if it is not in the paths database, then UUCP refuses to
- send mail to a system NOT in the paths database. UUCP responds with
- an INVALID internet address. So simply modifying the paths database is not
- the answer. In fact, it looks like one needs to maintain a complete data
- base just to satisfy uucp. Even if the mail rewrite rule changes the path
- and interceptS all outbound-to messages and routes them to the neighboring
- router.
-
- I have managed to get the local router, machine a, to send files to machine
- b now by using the rewrite rules, but I am having trouble getting machine
- b to route back to a. If anyone has an example of their rewrite file that
- solves the two way problem, would you please share it here? I have had
- several email responses, and it seems this is more of a common problem than
- I thought. So if you have the solution, why not share it so others my fix
- this problem.
-
- Thank you again and Happy Holidays!
-
- regards;
-
-
-
-
-
- Steven B. Brant
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