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From: rdew@ALW.NIH.GOV (Bob Dew)
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Subject: Re: AMDS post office machine
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Date: 14 Apr 91 21:43:24 GMT
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We had a similar problem at our work place.  It is possible to install
AMDS using post office machines that are named something other than the
cell name.  We recently completed an AMDS installation on our cell,
alw.nih.gov, without using administrative access on the machine whose
name is alw.nih.gov.

We use an MX forwarding trick, like the one you describe, though for
slightly different purposes.  As long as your incoming and outgoing
sendmail headers are doctored to match the name of your cell, it
shouldn't matter what physical machine you choose to serve as an AMDS
post office.  

Bob Dew
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD
rdew@alw.nih.gov
(301) 496-5361