Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:4368 comp.unix.aix:2716 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!unixhub!ditka!ditka.UUCP From: kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: austin.ibm.com Keywords: IBM Austin Internet ! Message-ID: <31914@ditka.UUCP> Date: 23 Nov 90 22:59:15 GMT References: <4279@awdprime.UUCP> <14941@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: kls@ditka.chicago.COM Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: Inaction Central, San Jose, California Lines: 25 In article <14941@cs.utexas.edu> fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Fletcher Mattox) writes: >In article <4279@awdprime.UUCP> dcheney@dcheney.austin.ibm.com (David J. Cheney) writes: >>The best way to find out mail paths to a specific user (AWD has for some >>time had the uucp mail path: >> @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!.austin.ibm.com! >>) is to call the person and ask. >Can someone please explain to me why IBM doesn't simply advertise MX >records which point to cs.utexas.edu for all these "internal" hosts? Perhaps they haven't yet heard about MX records and mail exchangers? When last I looked at sendmail on AIX (on an RT a bit over a year ago) it hadn't a clue about MX records (in addition to being rife with severe brain damage of various sorts). I haven't gotten around to looking on the RS/6000 yet but so far /bin/cat is the only utility I've found so far that isn't broken on this "new and improved" RT so I don't hold out much hope. -- Karl Swartz |UUCP {uunet,decwrl}!daver!ditka!kls 1-408/223-1308 |INet kls@ditka.chicago.com "I never let my schooling get in | the way of my education."(Twain) |Snail 1738 Deer Creek Ct., San Jose CA 95148