noloc@gli.com (Gil Colon) (08/08/90)
I have been hearing all the arguments for better administration of sendmail.cf; barring end nodes (who have improper sendmail.cf's information) from routing mail through my -- "Correctly (I think)" -- configured UUCP/Mailhost; implementing the standards that are set forth in RFC's from 822-11XX; actually understand all this stuff...... :-) I make a conscious effort to try and assure proper mail routing to and from my machine. I try not to tinker to much with mail headers. Afterall, does not my UNIX box come with the sendmail.cf file properly configured? AAAARRRRRRGGGGG! Wrong answer, but thank you for playing..... :-) I for one do not use pathaliasing. I have neither the resources and/or the time, to administer/implement this. However I do rely on a site that does pathaliasing, and based on who I want to talk with, determines whether or not I route through them (so much for pathaliasing). Simple HUH? Well, in actuality yes. But, would I like to have the 200+ users I support to have to know all the in's and out's? No. But what I have found, is that not all sites have the latest and/or the greatest uucpmaps. Thereby, making "pathaliasing" a tricky business (or so it seems to me). Or, maybe I just don't understand what can be benefited by making all these front ends to mail? It seems to me that were making a big job out of something that appears to work well without all the Bells and Whistles... I guess what I am saying is, I need to fully know what I am to gain from all this: pathaliasing, uucpmaps, smail stuff. Gilbert Colon UUCP: ..!rutgers!glinj!noloc (201) 352-1500 x4302 INTERNET: noloc@gli.com "Where there's a will ---- there is a relative...." -- Treblig Noloc --