Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!ctrsol!emory!stiatl!mnopltd!neal From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Use of simple Domains Message-ID: <109@mnopltd.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 89 22:24:29 GMT Reply-To: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal Organization: MNOP Ltd., Atlanta, Ga. Lines: 180 Distribution: Some help would be greatly appreciated. I am relatively recently running Elm, have patches installed up to patch 11, and am almost thrilled to death with it. Here is the almost: I still can't reply to pda@stiatl.UUCP. It can't expand that into: stiatl!pda (Since this is my own news feed site, you might say elm bites the hand that feeds me). Here is my pathalias file: sco jdyx!emory!uunet!sco!%s emory jdyx!emory!%s uunet jdyx!emory!uunet!%s gatech stiatl!gatech!%s jdyx jdyx!%s stiatl stiatl!%s Here is the /usr/lib/domains file: .UUCP, , , %R!%U Here is a summary of the elm config.h: /*#undef EUNICE /**/ /*#undef VMS /**/ #define CPPSTDIN "/lib/cpp" #define CPPMINUS "" #define index strchr /* cultural */ #define rindex strrchr /* differences? */ #define MKDIR /**/ /*#undef PORTABLE /**/ /*#undef SYMLINK /**/ #define vfork fork /**/ #define VOIDSIG /**/ /*#undef WHOAMI /**/ /*#undef ENABLE_CALENDAR /**/ #define dflt_calendar_file "" /*#undef CRYPT /**/ /*#undef NEED_CUSERID /**/ /*#undef LOCK_BY_FLOCK /**/ /*#undef GETHOSTNAME /**/ /*#undef DOUNAME /**/ /*#undef PHOSTNAME "" /**/ #define HOSTCOMPILED /**/ #define GETOPT /**/ /*#undef USE_DBM /**/ #define HAVETERMLIB /**/ /*#undef INTERNET /**/ /*#undef ALLOW_MAILBOX_EDITING /**/ /*#undef AUTO_BACKGROUND /**/ /*#undef OPTIMIZE_RETURN /**/ #define LOOK_CLOSE_AFTER_SEARCH /**/ #define USE_UUNAME /**/ /*#undef DONT_TOUCH_ADDRESSES /**/ #define DONT_ADD_FROM /**/ /*#undef USE_DOMAIN /**/ #define NOCHECK_VALIDNAME /**/ #define REMOVE_AT_LAST /**/ #define MAX_ATTEMPTS 6 /*#undef RENAME /**/ #define SAVE_GROUP_MAILBOX_ID /**/ /*#undef SIGVEC /**/ /*#undef STRINGS /**/ /*#undef PWDINSYS /**/ #define TEMPNAM /**/ #define TERMIO /**/ /*#undef TMINSYS /**/ /*#undef TZ_MINUTESWEST /**/ #define USE_EMBEDDED_ADDRESSES /**/ #define NOUTIMBUF /**/ #define DEFEDITOR "/bin/vi" /**/ #define MAX_SALIASES 503 /* number of system aliases allowed */ #define MAX_UALIASES 251 /* number of user aliases allowed */ #define HOSTNAME "clkwrka" /**/ #define MYDOMAIN ".clkwrka" /**/ #define PASSNAMES /* (undef to take name from ~/.fullname) */ #define BERKNAMES /* (that is, ":name,stuff:") */ /*#undef USGNAMES /* (that is, ":stuff-name(stuff):") */ #define PREFSHELL "/bin/csh" /**/ #define XENIX /**/ /*#undef BSD /**/ ------------------------- And here is what happens when I try to reply to the above address: Debug output of the ELM program (at debug level 11). Version 2.2 PL11 *** Elm-Internal Signal Handlers Disabled due to debug level 11 *** Warning:User has no ".elm/elmrc" file folders = /usr/neal/Mail recvd_mail = /usr/neal/Mail/received editor = /bin/vi printout = /bin/cat %s | /usr/bin/lp sent_mail = /usr/neal/Mail/sent calendar_file = /usr/neal/ prefixchars = > shell = /bin/sh pager = builtin+ escape = ~ mini_menu = ON filter_hdrs = ON auto_copy = OFF resolve_mode = ON auto_save_copy = OFF noheader = ON title_msgs = ON hp_terminal = OFF hp_softkeys = OFF save_by_name = ON force_name = OFF move_paged = OFF point_to_new = ON prompt_after_pager = ON bounceback = OFF always_keep = ON always_store = OFF always_delete = OFF arrow_cursor = OFF names = ON warnings = ON question_me = ON keep_nil_files = OFF local_signature = remote_signature = Userlevel is set to beginning user: 0 And we're skipping the following headers: >From In-Reply-To: References: Newsgroups: Received: Apparently-To: Message-Id: Content-Type: From X-Mailer: Status: Lock /tmp/neal.mlk incoming for file /usr/spool/mail/neal on. Lock incoming for file /usr/spool/mail/neal on successfully. Lock /tmp/neal.mlk for file /usr/spool/mail/neal going off. Lock none for file /usr/spool/mail/neal already off. ** sorting folder by Reverse Date Mail Sent ** New folder /usr/spool/mail/neal type spool temp file /tmp/mbox.neal (newmbox) Command: r [114] Mailing to pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul D. Anderson) Subject is Re: siotools part 2/2 Mailing to "pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul D. Anderson)" (with editing) System Call: /bin/sh /bin/vi /tmp/snd.1044 expand_system(pda@stiatl.UUCP, show-errors=ON) System Call: /bin/sh /usr/bin/uuname > /tmp/uuname.1044 uuname direct connection to stiatl, rsiatl, BPeach, SlowPeach, Oasis, clkwrko, xenix386, jdyx, rdatl, Opened '/usr/lib/domains' as the domain database Opened '/usr/local/lib/pathalias' as pathalias database. Broke address into 'pda' @ 'stiatl.UUCP' '' -> -> -> %R!%U Path-> Template-> %R!%U Couldn't expand system path 'stiatl' (domains) Couldn't expand host pda@stiatl.UUCP in address. -- leaving folder -- Messages to delete: 0 Messages to store: 0 Messages to keep: 5 Folder keep as is! Leaving mailer normally (leave) Lock none for file /usr/spool/mail/neal already off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It looks like it is Sooooooo close to working, but not quite, and something about the domains or pathalias file is throwing it off. I am stumped on this domain stuff.. do you have any ideas? Please post any ideas or even snide comments to this group and comp.unix.xenix OR mail me directly, since I don't get this newsgroup sent to me at present. thanks, Neal Rhodes