gws@cbnews.ATT.COM (Gary W. Sanders) (11/01/88)
Does anyone have the "WORD" on smail 3.0+? Last I heard it was in beta, but that was back in the summer. When will it be available to us normal folks? and what new features will it have (sendmail type routing?) any info welcome.. -- Gary Sanders (N8EMR) gws@cbnews (w) gws@n8emr (h) 72277,1325 (cis) n8emr@w8cqk (packet)
lyndon@nexus.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) (11/03/88)
In article <1802@cbnews.ATT.COM>, gws@cbnews (Gary W. Sanders) writes: > >Does anyone have the "WORD" on smail 3.0+? Last I heard it was in beta, >but that was back in the summer. When will it be available to us >normal folks? and what new features will it have (sendmail type routing?) >any info welcome.. Smail 3 is still in alpha test. No word on when the beta release will come out. Version 3 is a plug-in replacement for BSD sendmail. Perhaps its nicest feature is there is *no* sendmail.cf to worry about. There is support for multiple routers and transports. The code is very portable -- we are currently testing it under SunOS3.5 on Sun 3's, CTIX 5.23, SVR3 on 3B2's, and I'll be starting on a VaxStation 2000 port next month. The code won't be released until it has had a complete shakedown, which will take a while longer. It *will* be worth the wait.
waters@dover.uucp (Mike Waters) (11/08/88)
I guess my Reply-To line tells the state of sophistication here in
netrouting. I have some very basic questions:
1) Do you have to go through some high priced "registry" to use Smail?
2) Does Smail allow the use of the comp.mail.maps? If not how does it
get updated?
I have the current version of Smail here and have tried to run it
without success. If the answers are in the manual then please just tell
me where.
--
Mike Waters (for your EDIFication)
Motorola SMART CAD Group - EDIF (ANSI/EIA std. 548) support
Mesa, AZ ...!sun!sunburn!dover!waters
OR moto@cad.Berkley.EDUwaters@dover.uucp (Mike Waters) (11/12/88)
Thanks to everyone who sent info on this and my "Internet" question. I tried to mail replies to everyone, but every one "bounced" from sun.com. I guess either my maps are out of date or the Internet connections are still all screwed up so here is a summary of what I found out. In article <518@dover.uucp> sun!sunburn!dover!waters (Mike Waters) writes: > >1) Do you have to go through some high priced "registry" to use Smail? No - "registry" refers either to membership in one of the networks or a way to obtain a domain name. I think ours is .mot.com Smail 2.5 (the one we have) is available through several archives and is public domain. We got our copy from simtel20 via ftp from another machine. > >2) Does Smail allow the use of the comp.mail.maps? If not how does it >get updated? > Smail per se does NOT use the maps from news, but uses pathalias and one of the shell scripts to extract the map files. We use uuhosts and it appears to work so far (1 week). Basically once a directory of map files is created, you run pathalias and it creates a "from here to xxx" file for every destination in the maps. You DO need to get a copy of the maps from somewhere (approx 1Mbyte), since only UPDATES are sent out by the mapping project. A local UUCP site should have them. In order for others to find you you must register with the uucp mapping project as outlined in the comp.mail.maps README file, it also helps to post the info to news.{newsite,config}. Overall not too hard to do once you find out what to do. Again many thanks to everyone who sent me mail, I hope I have answered everyone's questions - incuding requests for "enlightenment". We WILL be trying smail in the near future. Our registry of "dover" has gone out - who knows if it will get through thoug! -- Mike Waters (for your EDIFication) Motorola SMART CAD Group - EDIF (ANSI/EIA std. 548) support Mesa, AZ ...!sun!sunburn!dover!waters OR moto@cad.Berkley.EDU