win@wrkof.incom.de (Winfried Koenig) (05/03/91)
Hi,
in the german "SubNet" we had a discussion about interpretation
of UUCP maps. The two different standpoints are:
1) The map entry for some gateway to the domain .bar.dom
foo .bar.dom
and the corresponding paths line
.bar.dom next!..!feed!foo!%s
is enough information for all valid UUCP-mailers to generate
some path for the address <user@bar.dom>.
2) To generate paths to <user@bar.dom> some valid mailers need map
informations like
foo= bar.dom (not possible for multiple gateways to .bar.dom)
or
foo bar.dom
and the corresponding paths line
bar.dom next!..!feed!foo!%s
I know that smail2.5, smail3.5 and sendmail mailers can generate
routes like "next!..!feed!foo!bar.dom!user" from the path information
".bar.dom next!..!feed!foo!%s". But I can't find any documentation
requesting this feature for UUCP mailers.
If such documentation exists, I would be happy to get a copy by email
or some hints where to find id.
If it is not required, what is the reason to have this feature in some
mailers?
I know about the description of some mail-gateway using wildcard MX
in rfc1034 but is this equivalent to the map entry "foo .bar.dom"?
Does the map entry "foo .bar.dom" specify that the host 'foo' is
responsible for all domain names ending with '.bar.com', including
mailbox names like "user.foo.bar"?
Thanks in advance,
Winfried
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