Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-cs!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM!nsb From: nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: System wide AMS alias file Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 90 15:36:39 GMT References: <4Zo_g7K6bk8nE=ZEhA@otc.otca.oz> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 12 There's not currently a system-wide alias file, but I too have come to realize (since leaving the more homogeneous CMU environment) that it would be a very useful thing to have, for precisely the reason you mentioned. It should be pretty easy; at some point, I might even do it and send CMU a patch. As for the MH compatibility question -- there is a feature in AMS (the "alien tree" feature) that was designed for AMS/MH/Netnews interoperability, but it has not been heavily used, and probably can be counted on to be a little buggy. I'm not sure if it is documented at all, but I know a few people have tried it. Perhaps one of them can comment on whether it works, and how well. -- Nathaniel