sources-request@genrad.UUCP (05/14/85)
I've had a number of requests for this, since I announced it in net.mail,
So, I'm sending it in 3 shar archives to mod.sources.
Jim Crammond
jim@hwcs.uucp
ukc!hwcs!jim
jim@cs.hw.ac.uk (soon)
[ I am including the original announcement from net.mail from those who
might have missed it - moderator
]
Subject: yet another sendmail configuration
Date: 8 May 85 13:18:12 GMT
Well, with all this recent discussion on sendmail, I guess its time to
advertise my sendmail configuration "package" with which it is possible to
make a configuration file without writing one sendmail rewrite rule!
It has the following features:
+ Input addresses can be in any of the following forms:
822 style: @domain1,@domain2:user@domain3
Percent style: user%domain3%domain2@domain1
uucp style: domain1!domain2!domain3!user
Mixed addresses are handled giving '@' & '%' precedence over '!'.
(This is usually the best bet).
+ Domain information can be included in a table format, e.g.
hwcs hwcs.uucp
cstvax cstvax.ed.ac.uk
This maps addresses such as jim@hwcs to jim@hwcs.uucp.
There is a shell script which "compiles" this to sendmail rules
and classes.
+ Routing information can be included in a table format, where the
format is dependant on the mailer, e.g. the uucp mailer table
has the following format:
domain uucp route
e.g.
hwcs.uucp kcl-cs!hwcs!%s
cstvax.ed.ac.uk ucl-cs!cstvax!%s
The ethernet mailer has the format:
domain host-to-forward-to
e.g.
bina.wisdom.bitnet bina
deya.wisdom.bitnet wisdom
Top level domain relaying can also be specified, e.g.
csnet csnet-relay.arpa
dec decwrl.arpa
There is a shell script which "compiles" all this to sendmail rules
and classes.
It supports the following mailers: uucp, ethernet, janet, bitnet
+ It allows several hosts to be "hidden" from the outside as one
site.
+ An improved rmail interface to sendmail (e.g. sets the sender macro)
and an improved "damail" sendmail interface for the rscs bitnet software
+ Finally, it copes with Janet, where addresses are in little-ending
form, and Received headers are replaced by Via headers.
There are janet/sendmail interface programs available.