Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wshb!michaelb
From: michaelb@wshb.UUCP ( WSHB Operations Eng)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Regarding earlier post on domains.
Summary: What do I need to get started?
Message-ID: <570@wshb.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 90 19:22:44 GMT
References: <75@dynasys.UUCP> <1163@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Organization: WSHB, Christian Science Mon. Synd., Cypress Creek, SC
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> The best way is to register your domain officially, get an MX forwarder,
> and then (*only then*) put your domain information into the UUCP maps.  That
> way people in both worlds can talk to you and use the same address for you.


Several months ago I started to look into getting a domain name for
our company. As I was the only site trying to communicate with the 
outside world at that time, I didn't follw up when I couldn't make my
mailer take domain names.

Well, things are on a roll now. My corporate headquarters, which also has no
experience in this, is adding a dial-up line for me to call in with uucp.
And I'm going to put two more systems at remote sites I want to connect 
with using uucp. 

Things weren't to bad when I needed to send things to a handful if sites
through uunet, but because I can see that soon everyone in the company is 
going to want worldwide e-mail with easy names I want to get away from long 
bang paths associated with uucp. It seems I MUST get everyone using a mailer
which understands domains (or find out how to fix mine) and then register
a name so everyone else in the world can find us. But I don't know where
to start.

I currently have SCO XENIX 2.3.2 with the stock mail system. I can create
aliases for the mailer, but didn't consider it a workable solution to
use for the whole uucp maps. (I don't know how to use the maps anyway.)
Besides, just fixing the mailer to understand the uucp maps won't make it
recognize domains. 

What I'm looking for , then, is advice on where to start moving us down the
correct road. If I need to replace the mail subsystem, which version is
available (for free) that understands domains and the uucp maps? What
other changes am I probably going to have to make in my system? Will I need
to add something besides uucp as a transport mechanism? If so, what?


Thakns for any advice.

Michael
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