Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!sun-barr!decwrl!decvax!zinn!wgc386!bill From: bill@wgc386.MV.COM (William Gibbs) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: gateways, routing Keywords: basic mail skills Message-ID: <601@wgc386.MV.COM> Date: 30 Aug 89 11:21:37 GMT References: <1614@unccvax.UUCP> <729@dsacg2.UUCP> Reply-To: bill@wgc386.MV.COM (William Gibbs) Organization: William Gibbs Consulting - Nashua, NH Lines: 43 In article <729@dsacg2.UUCP> nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg) writes: >In article <1614@unccvax.UUCP>, cs00chs@unccvax.UUCP (charles spell) writes: >> >> I have been trying to guess paths/routes to other people via out standard >> 'mail' program. I have been unsuccessful in guessing what paths I need to >> use to send mail. All I know is that I've been getting mail from other >> stuff deleted ... >> >> I've read books with simple examples, but like usual, the book has simple >> situations. If there is a doc on basic inter-network mailing, please send it! > > > >This is about where I am also, although I'm starting to understand alittle. >Is there such a document? I've tried what system documentation we have here >plus a SAMMS book called "UNIX Communications", which isn't bad, but things >just aren't quite adding up yet. I have found that there is a command to > Stuff deleted ... You might want to get your hands on the books from O'Reilly and Associates. The are called the Nut Shell books. Two of which deal with Using and Managing UUCP and Usenet. O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. 981 Chestnut St. Newton, MA 02159 1-800-338-NUTS -- I have no affiliation with O'Reilly and Assoc. -- You might want to investigate the use of a "smart mailer" also. A smart mailer will figure out the paths for you based on the uucp maps that are distributed on usenet. The programs needed are smail and pathalias. Both are public domain and available from most archive sites. Pathalias will take the raw maps and make them into a "paths" file. Smail will take the address from your mail (e.g. somehere!foo or foo@somewhere) and use the paths file to come up with the correct path. -- William Gibbs bill@wgc386.MV.COM 34G Bay Ridge Drive Nashua, NH 03062-4723 {decvax | harvard}!zinn!wgc386!bill (603) 888-8313 ...elrond!siia!wgc386!bill