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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: Domains: Multiple names OK? (re
Message-ID: <735@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 14-Sep-86 03:19:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.735
Posted: Sun Sep 14 03:19:28 1986
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References: <3923@ut-ngp.UUCP> <78700006@mirror> <343@maynard.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: pathalias 16-bit smail uumail

In article <343@maynard.UUCP> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes:
>
>Um, am I wrong, or do both of these require a pathalias-generated
>database?  Pathalias doesn't run on 16-bit machines.  I'd love to
>run smail, but need a pathalias database.  Not everyone can afford
>a Sun or a VAX just to crunch paths.
>
>Larry Campbell                             The Boston Software Works, Inc.

Actually pathalias can be made to run on a 16-bit machine fairly easily,
it's just that you will only be able to process a fairly small subset of
the mod.map database.

Here are some alternatives:

1) Talk some bigger site, perhaps at a uucp neighbor to generate a pathalias
   database relative to your site.  It is quite easy to do.  Alternativly,
   you can take their database, and manually edit it so that you go route
   through their site except where you care to optimize.

2) Find a reasonably local site that does auto-routing and route your mail
   through there.  Some will reroute, whether you like it or not, and some
   only if your address is incomplete.

3) Manually generate a pathalias style database, or do it incrementally
   using whatever size chunck of database you can cram through pathalias on
   you configuration.

Note that the generated paths do not really have to be optimal, just good
enough that your mail stands a reasonable chance of getting through.  Also,
the database really doesn't have to be updated all that often.  Every six
months is probably fine for a leaf site or replying to news postings,
assuming that you manually update the database when your mail bounces.

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