Path: utzoo!censor!comspec!becker!bdb
From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Making smail (or something) smarter
Message-ID: <58813@becker.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 90 17:37:33 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.235720.6494@nbc1.ge.com>
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <1990Dec4.235720.6494@nbc1.ge.com> scott@nbc1.GE.COM (Scott Barman) writes:
|We are a uucp-only site running (Sun's latest) sendmail and smail (2.5).
|Our domain registration is via our parent company GE and they forward
|mail with the internet addresses to us.  This is fine, this is what we
|want.
|
|However, because the system we pass mail with is on the Internet, I
|would like our Internet addresses sent directly to them.  For example,
|our pathalias database gives the following root for user@sun.com:
|
|	philabs!linus!sunne!sun!user
|
|While this works, if it was re-writen to crdgw1!sun.com!user (crdgw1 is
|a GE site and cheaper for us to call regularly for mail), life would
|probably be a lot better for many of us.
|
|How do I get smail and/or pathalias do this?  Or do I make a change in
|my sendmail.cf?

	You need to include a local file as part of
	your pathalias database (it's called "uufix"
	here) in which special overrides are set up
	and news site maps are included which haven't
	yet been published in comp.mail.maps.

	Since pathalias chooses the paths according to
	the fastest route (among any duplicates), you
	should probably redeclare your direct connections
	to be of very low cost, regardless of what your
	map data says. The main exception is where you
	don't want to route mail thru a site you don't
	call (but which polls you) - then including the
	system name in angle brackets would perhaps be
	best.

	Other manipulations to get what you need can
	suggest themselves with a bit of thought - if
	the situation needs a hammer, judicious use of
	the "dead" keyword might be considered.

Cheers,
-- 
  ,u,	 Bruce Becker	Toronto, Ontario
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