mail@cdx39.UUCP (04/18/86)
This is a test to see if this node (cdx39) is hooked up
to the "net.sources" newsgroup. We have found that we
often don't get anything in a group until we post at least
one message to it.
So as not to make this a waste of your time, I'm including
a shell script that I use to test out mail paths. I call
it "testpath", and a typical call is:
testpath motbos mot fps1 fps2 mot motbos cdx39
which generates a message containing the originating site's
name, plus all the named machines, plus my userid, and sends
it out. Normally it ends back where it started, delivered
to me, padded with info from all the mailers along the path.
If you examine the script, you will find that it works for
non-uucp mailers, but you typically have to quote and/or
escape the funny characters yourself. Anyhow, it saves me
a lot of typing.
If you feel like responding, please do so by mail, especially
if you have some similarly useful stuff for twiddling with
uucp mail or usenet.
cat >testpath << '----C-U-T---H-E-R-E---'
: Send a message containing its path, to the logged-in user.
: This is mostly for bounce and circular-path tests.
:
echo $* | sed -e s/\ /!/g >/tmp/path_$$
echo >/tmp/mesg_$$ From $LOGNAME `date` started on `uname -n`
echo >>/tmp/mesg_$$ This is a test of the path:
echo >>/tmp/mesg_$$ ' '`uname -n`'!'`cat /tmp/path_$$`'!'$LOGNAME
mail </tmp/mesg_$$ `cat /tmp/path_$$`'!'$LOGNAME
rm /tmp/mesg_$$
rm /tmp/path_$$
----C-U-T---H-E-R-E---
John Chambers
/ cthulhu \ /usenet
/ inmet \ / news
...!{ harvax }!cdx39!{ jc
\ mit-eddie / \ uucp
\ mot[bos] / \root