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Subject: Addresses containing ::
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To: cbs%relay::ics.uci.edu::mh-users@hermes
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Subject: Addresses containing ::

I am trying to install mh-6.7 patchlevel 0 on a network of suns
(running SunOS 4.1) but have run into trouble due to the fact that all
our mail goes through a DECnet gateway.  Because of this, address are
of a strange format

cbs%relay::<address>::<user>@hermes

for example

cbs%relay::ics.uci.edu::mh-users@hermes

and post objects to this.  I thought it was ap but replacing this with
a version that allowed any address to go through cured nothing. For example

What now? send
post: bad address ':ics.uci.edu::mh-users@hermes' - illegal address
construct (:), continuing...
post: no addressees
send: message not delivered to anyone

What now?

The configuration file is

# @(#)$Id: MH,v 1.7 90/04/06 09:44:31 sources Exp $
# a 4.2BSD VAX system running SendMail
bin		/usr/local/bin
debug		off
etc		/usr/local/lib/mh
mail		/var/spool/mail
mailgroup	off
mandir		/usr/share/man
manuals		local
chown		/etc/chown
editor		vi
remove		mv -f
mts		sendmail/smtp
bboards		off
bbdelivery	off
mf		off
pop		off
options		ATHENA
options		BIND
options		BSD42
options		BSD43
options		DBM
options		DUMB
options		FOLDPROT='"0700"'
options		ISI
options		MHE
options		MHRC
options		MSGPROT='"0600"'
options		NTOHLSWAP
options		SUN40
options		TYPESIG='void'
options		UK
options		WHATNOW
options		ZONEINFO
cc		cc
ccoptions	-O
curses		-lcurses -ltermlib
ldoptlibs	-ldbm
lex		lex -t
sharedlib	off
slibdir		/usr/local/lib
oldload		off
ranlib		on
tma		off



Thanks in advance

Gareth Richards (gareth@hermes.mod.uk)