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From: mike.irons@lynx.northeastern.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Umail addressing 'problem'
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Date: 4 May 91 02:20:43 GMT
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	I got the newest umail from pub/Minix/ftp_contrib on plains.nodak.edu 
and I still have problems with adress's such as the one for the lab's computer.
It's mail is sent to corwin via UUCP. As such, it hasthe following form:

		irons%Minix1.UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU

  umail.cf had a domain name entry of UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU to
produce an almost correct reply address. This is needed because corwin will
not use uucp by default and needs the .UUCP to over-ride the default. As
such the irons@Minix1 needs to be irons%Minix1 due to the .UUCP@Corwin in
the workin address. This isn't a problem with 'bang' style addressing, but
some machines such as 'that lynx thing' (Glen Overby has a low {deservably}
oppinion of our lynx system) can't deal with 'bang' style names. Lynx needs
Internet style address's. Umail also complains in /usr/lib/umail/umail.err
about the % in general. I can mail out with an address such as
mike.irons%lynx.northrastern.edu@Corwin, but umail doesn't like it. Umail
will even send irons%Minix1.UUCP@Corwin to corwin and back again, not
ralizing that it is just a convoluted local address.

	On a side note, the new uucp package on plains does not take into
account for the foo in the L-devices file for the uucico and cu programs.

	Please e-mail responces to me as well as the net, as it takes forever
to get here, and comp.os.minix is relayed here.

			mike.irons@lynx.northeastern.edu
			acm118@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu