Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:4513 comp.mail.misc:3576 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!plains!lodin@plains.NoDak.edu From: lodin@plains.NoDak.edu (Joe Schmo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc Subject: UUCP Name Length Restrictions Message-ID: <5174@plains.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 90 16:33:22 GMT Sender: lodin@plains.UUCP Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 64 I have run into what seems to be the seven character UUCP name length problem, and I am trying to find solutions. Systems: (from u.usa.in.1) --------------------------- koiasvr01 (formerly aiehost) HP 9000/360 HP-UX7.0 HDB UUCP pur-ee Dual VAX 11/780 BSD4.3 bsu-cs VAX 11/785 BSD4.3 When I send mail out of my machine thru pur-ee or bsu-cs, my UUCP name gets truncated to seven characters. The _From_, _From:_, and _Return-Path:_ lines all have the wrong system name. As a result, any (R)eply to mail never makes it back. I have a sample session following this which simply does an email using this path koiasvr01 -> pur-ee -> koiasvr01. I had to change the system name to comply with Delco/GM/EDS naming conventions. Here are name results -> hostname: koiasvr01 uuname -l: koiasvr01 According to "Managing UUCP and Usenet" by ORA, BNU and BSD4.3 should have a 14 character allowance for node names. Is that a different length than the neighbor UUCP name lengths? Can anybody tell me any options besides changing my name back to a 7 char length? Please direct any answers here or email to: Steve Lodin Advanced Instrumentation Engineering ------------- Delco |Electronics| Corp ------------- \ \ It's who we are Tel: ATT 317-451-8722 GM 8-322-8722 Domain: lodin%koiasvr01.uucp@ee.ecn.purdue.edu or swlodin@koess.gm.hac.com or lodin@plains.nodak.edu UUCP: !pur-ee!koiasvr01!lodin GM: LODIN,SW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From pur-ee!koiasvr!lodin Thu Jun 14 08:21 EST 1990 Received: by koiasvr01.iac.delcoelect.component.gmeds.com with (15.11/15.6) id AA16794; Thu, 14 Jun 90 08:21:39 est Return-Path: Received: from pur-ee with uucp; Thu, 14 Jun 90 08:15:15 Received: by ee.ecn.purdue.edu (5.61/1.22jrs) id AA11204; Thu, 14 Jun 90 08:15:15 -0500 Received: by koiasvr01.iac.delcoelect.component.gmeds.com with (15.11/15.6) id AA16762; Thu, 14 Jun 90 08:14:18 est Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 08:14:18 est From: Steve Lodin Message-Id: <9006141414.AA16762@koiasvr01.iac.delcoelect.component.gmeds.com> Subject: test To: koiasvr01!lodin Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 8:14:14 EST Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Kokomo, IN Department: Advanced Instrumentation Engineering - 1413, M/S E-103 System: HP-UX 7.0 B 9000/360 Mailer: Elm [revision: 64.9] Status: R