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From: vskahan@lgnp1.LS.COM (Vince Skahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: unix mail configuration in an internet of rings
Message-ID: <1537@lgnp1.LS.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 89 01:26:57 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services - Phila.
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Is there a recommended configuration for unix mail in a local internet
of multiple rings ??? It seems a little dumb to link all the
/usr/spool/mail directories to one place but then again, if you don't,
to send mail from node A to node B on another ring, you'd have to know
which node was the other guy's gateway.

We've had to set up /mail to point to one place for DPSS mail but once
again, it's a little scary.  We don't want to knock out mail for 50
nodes or so if one native ethernet gateway goes down. 

We've kind of made a local standard against linking across rings with
the exception of finding the master registry and one or two specific
applications such as Cadre Teamwork (folks on lots of rings have to
share the same models so we link them all to one dc_server).

Also, I added mailers for unix <--> DPSS mail for the SR10 nodes and
would like to know if it's possible to interface DPSS mail with a
*remote* unix mail location...I can send DPSS to user@unix but what I'd
really like to do is to mail to user%nodename@unix or something like
that.  By the same token, I'd like to not link DPSS across rings and get
the ability to mail to user%nodename@dpss, etc. if that's the smartest
way to do it.

I have an old picture of Apollo's corporate network that came in the
mail one time on the wall and it looks huge...how do you folks handle
mail (do you use DPSS or unix or both) ???  

Also, I seem to remember someone from Mentor asking about mail a few
weeks ago.  How do you folks handle multiple rings ???

Thanks for any help...
-- 
Vince Skahan - please reply to skahan@boeing.com or bcsaic!psev!bcs212

Note: any comments expressed above are mine and have no relation to
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