Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!srcsip!jhereg!uci!clay From: clay@uci.mn.org (Clayton Haapala) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Regarding earlier post on domains. Message-ID: <1990Mar11.224131.24230@uci.mn.org> Date: 11 Mar 90 22:41:31 GMT References: <75@dynasys.UUCP> <1163@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au> <570@wshb.UUCP> Organization: Unified Communications, Inc. Lines: 52 In article <570@wshb.UUCP> michaelb@wshb.UUCP ( WSHB Operations Eng) writes: >I currently have SCO XENIX 2.3.2 with the stock mail system. I can create ... >What I'm looking for , then, is advice on where to start moving us down the >correct road. If I need to replace the mail subsystem, which version is >available (for free) that understands domains and the uucp maps? What >other changes am I probably going to have to make in my system? Will I need >to add something besides uucp as a transport mechanism? If so, what? > > >Thakns for any advice. > >Michael I'm Running Xenix 2.3.2 at home. I use Elm for a mailer, and smail 2.5 for my transport, along with pathalias to understand uucp maps. I also use Deliver, but that doesn't apply to your mail transport problems. Smail understands bang paths, user@host paths, etc. etc. (Patches for Smail under XENIX by Chip Salzenberg are available -- I'll send them to you if they don't come with your smail distribution.) The key to uucp mail success is to find a "smart-host" who understands all the uucp maps. If your organization is large enough, you should probably take the time to set that up for yourself, eventually. Anyway, if you find a cooperative host site, you will then be in his administrative "domain". For example, my company UCI is in a "domain park" in the Minnesota region called "MN.ORG". This is a uucp domain, not an Internet domain. So my address here is clay@uci.mn.org. My machine at home is not registered in MN.ORG, but is known to UCI, so there I am clay@haapi.uci.mn.org. The bang path for home would be ...bungia!uci!haapi!clay. A friend of mine uses haapi for his mail router (I'm his "smart-host", like uci is mine), but we decided to leave him under UCI's administration, so his address is friend@frndhost.uci.mn.org. You see that domain names looks like routes, but it doesn't have to be so. A central mail machine in MN.ORG (bungia) has access to the Internet, and provides a gateway from our uucp domain to the Internet. This machine is most peoples "smart-host", but some of us keep track of all the maps, anyway. So, you need to get smail to upgrade your transport to understand the more complex routing, find a better-connected site that can do the maps for you and possibly connect your mail to the internet, and you'll be in business. We have it easy in Minnesota -- not too many places have such a nice informal organization in place. I hope this helps some. -- Clayton Haapala ...!bungia!uci!clay (clay@uci.uci.com) Unified Communications Inc. "Every morning I get in the Queue. 3001 Metro Drive - Suite 500 'n get on the Bus that takes me to you." Bloomington, MN 55425 -- the Who