Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!clyde!burl!codas!killer!tness1!petro!jrb
From: jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: /usr/lib/mail/malises and mail
Message-ID: <469@petro.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 12:41:48 EST
Article-I.D.: petro.469
Posted: Mon Nov  9 12:41:48 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 11:27:50 EST
Sender: news@petro.UUCP
Distribution: na
Organization: G.M. Andreen & Associates, Inc. San Antonio, Texas
Lines: 24
Keywords: malises, network (domain) gateways
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.tandy:576 comp.unix.xenix:1143
Environment: Tandy 6000 (MC68000) XENIX 3.01.02


I have for some time been trying to effect a "command execution" in place of
a machine alias (~/malises) rather than a user alias (~/aliases).

Unfortunately, a line like...

gateway: "|server-program"

in the malises file is completely ignored.  I even tried hashing the malises
file but that didn't do any good, either.  Nada...

What I want to do is field addresses like...

...!petro!gateway!jon@somesys.mydomain

Ultimately, I'll probably switch to something like smail and I'll then register
a domain with the uunet people, but for right now I'd really be interested in
opinions as to why maliases is broke.

Thanks!
-- 
Jon Boede	...!{gatech,ihnp4,ssbn,swrinde,tness1,utanes}!petro!jrb
512/599-1847                           2555 N.E. Loop 410, #1403, 78217
	"People who are incapable of making decisions are
	 the ones who hit those barrels at freeway exits."