Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!crdgw1!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett From: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: uucp rewrite question Message-ID: <404@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 15 May 89 18:44:12 GMT References: <1424@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 36 In-reply-to: hubert@ms.washington.edu (Steve Hubert) In article <1424@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu>, hubert@ms (Steve Hubert) writes: > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:a!b!c!user > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:a!b!c!user@uucp-relay.domain > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:a!b!c!user<@uucp-relay.domain> > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:b!c!user%a.UUCP@uucp-relay.domain > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:user%c.UUCP%b.UUCP@a.UUCP > $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:user%c.UUCP%b.UUCP%a.UUCP@uucp-relay.domain Well, the problem is that you don't know what the RELATIVE address a!b!c!user should be started with. Let's say that machine "a" is connected to uunet. Then I would say the proper address is a!b!c!user<@uunet.uu.net> [You should leave the <@ host> in the address determined by ruleset 0 because the mailer rulesets or ruleset 4 will remove the "<" and ">".] But the problem is, you don't know which internet machine is "closest" to machine a. Therefore the address a!b!c!user@uucp-relay.domain might not be right. Now the machine uucp-relay may re-write the address if it has the path-alias database. Or it may not. As an example, a!b!c!user@sun.com only works if machine "a" is directly connected to sun.com. IMHO, I would suggest $#ether $@uucp-relay.domain $:b!c!user<@a.UUCP> provided that the relay has a direct connection to machine a, or it have the pathalias database and will re-route to machine a. In either case, I suggest you talk to the administrator ot the relay machine and ask for their advice. There are no hard rules, and some sites may have a preference. -- Bruce G. Barnett a.k.a. uunet!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett barnett@crdgw1.UUCP