rayan@cs.toronto.edu (Rayan Zachariassen) (11/25/89)
Here's the wrapup about the yorkvm1.bitnet!%s problem with telly: #1: The line .telly.on.ca ...!yorkvm1.bitnet!%s shows up in the pathalias output of the people having problems due to configuration problems on their own machine, it is not a problem in the maps. #2: Smail2.5, when asked to look up 'telly.on.ca' first looks up '.telly.on.ca', contrary to pathalias data & output semantics. A fix for this was posted by Dan Trottier. #3 (I think): When Smail2.5 does look up .telly.on.ca and comes up with the yorkvm1 path, it misunderstands pathalias semantics again, thinking that yorkvm1.bitnet is the same as telly.on.ca and translates the %s to the final user name, i.e. telly.on.ca!evan turns into ...!yorkvm1.bitnet!evan. I don't have a fix for this, but I think several sites around do (perhaps ell-ess-you-sea?). rayan