carroll@snail.UUCP (11/20/87)
I have a very simple question (which means it probably has a very
long confusing answer). I am trying to mail to various places outside of the
local cluster of machines. The configuration looks like this:
woodshop (3b2/310 SysV 3.0) (my home machine)
|
|------------------ s.cs.uiuc.edu (has notes/news)
| LAN / ethernet
|
f.cs.uiuc.edu (vax, 4.[23] BSD) (local net gateway)
|
| ether : department backbone
|
a.cs.uiuc.edu (vax, 4.[23] BSD) ( department gateway )
|
| ?? : I don't know..assume UUCP/phone/sat link/etc.
|
outside world (ARPA style)
The system is set up so that (alledgedly) mail that can't be delivered
directly by ether connection is sent up to 'a', which has all the mail
routing tables. I only have access to machines on the local net, except
for f, which I can't get to.
The problem is that I am having a lot of difficulty trying to
convince f to send my mail on unless I explicitly route things, and since
I don't have access to any mail path information (except for machines
directly on the woodshop/f net), that's often impossible. Is there any
way to say in an address "send to here, and then use this address from
there", e.g. "forward this to a and then mail to x@distant.machine.edu"?
I want to use explicit routing up to a big gateway, and then '@' notation
from there on.
Sendmail does something with '%' sometimes, but I can't find any documents
that say anything about addressing. Any replies, either notes or e-mail
would be appreciated. Don't be suprised if you don't get a reply.
Alan M. Carroll amc@woodshop.cs.uiuc.edu carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Teaching Assistant and chief LabRat, U of Ill. 3b2 lab
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