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From: elsn4000@w204zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Frank Elsner)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Hosname Routing Database
Message-ID: <2120@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de>
Date: 25 Oct 90 10:23:58 GMT
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Dear ELM expert !

I'd like to use the feature described in the "Alias Users Guide" unter topic
"5. Hostname Routing Database" because I want to have an address of the form 
<user@bitnet-host> aliased to <user@bitnet-host.BITNET> but have no success.
I don't have the "pathalias" program"
 
The documentation is litte bit poor on this topic. 

My hdrs/sysdef.h containbs the following definitions:

#define pathfile		"/usr/local/lib/aliases.path"
#define domains			"/usr/lib/domains"
#define hostdomfile             "/usr/local/lib/domain"

config.h defines:

/* USE_DBM
 *	This symbol, when defined, indicates that the pathalias file
 *	is available as a dbm file.  There is nothing to include.
 */
/*#undef	USE_DBM	/**/

/* DONT_TOUCH_ADDRESSES:
 *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that elm should not
 *	touch outbound addresses
 */
/* DONT_ADD_FROM:

and the start of file "/usr/local/lib/aliases.path" looks:

ACADIA	%s@ACADIA.BITNET
ACMVM	%s@ACMVM.BITNET
ACUSD	%s@ACUSD.BITNET

When I call "elm listserv@dearn" it says that it can't expand the system.
 
Expecting useful information,
Frank Elsner (TUBerlin/ZRZ Postmaster)