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From: jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: RS/6000 AIX sendmail.cf Question
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.132320.17508@turnkey.tcc.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 13:23:20 GMT
References: <735@bcstec.boeing.com>
Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
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In article <735@bcstec.boeing.com> ced@bcstec.uucp (Charles Derykus) writes:
>Does anyone know how the set up the functional equivalent of a relay mail
>host on the IBM RS6000?
>
>On the Sun, we just defined the following macro: 
>
>#major relay host
>#DRmailhost
>#CRmailhost
 
Charles,
	 It is not just a matter of defining a macro somewhere, you also
need the support of the macro in the rules. The fundamental idea behind
the so-called "relayhost" is that before sendmail will just 'give up' and
bounce a message to an address it cannot resolve it will send it to this
entity called 'relayhost' to handle. If you look carefully over the rule
set 0 on the Sun as well as the macro you should be able to see how this
works and implement something similar on the 6000.

>
>I have scoured IBM's sendmail.cf and the only item that seems to be a
>candidate is listed below: 
>
># Host name for RSCS relay 
>#DVvme
>#CVRSCS  BITNET NETNORTH EARN EARNET VNET
>
>I have know idea of what this is doing however nor what "RSCS" means. 
 
This has nothing to do with what you are concerned with. RSCS is a
communication package used in the 370 mainframe environment. Sendmail
on the 6000 as well as AIX/370 and AIX/PS/2 is set up to know about mail
to the VM/CMS environment.

If you really are stuck trying to get this working you could send me some
email and I will try and send you some sample rules (yes, I know I haven't
responded to your earlier email, I have it I have just been so crazy busy,
sorry :-{ ). In fact, maybe you should open a problem report that would
justify putting this sort of option into sendmail.cf for everyone, of
course I can't speak for the 6000 folk but I would like to do this for the
PS/2 and 370 sendmail.cf.

Disclaimer: I don't speak for Big Blue nor LCC.

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Jack F. Vogel			jackv@locus.com
AIX370 Technical Support	       - or -
Locus Computing Corp.		jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM