mike.irons@lynx.northeastern.edu (05/04/91)
I got the newest umail from pub/Minix/ftp_contrib on plains.nodak.edu
and I still have problems with adress's such as the one for the lab's computer.
It's mail is sent to corwin via UUCP. As such, it hasthe following form:
irons%Minix1.UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU
umail.cf had a domain name entry of UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU to
produce an almost correct reply address. This is needed because corwin will
not use uucp by default and needs the .UUCP to over-ride the default. As
such the irons@Minix1 needs to be irons%Minix1 due to the .UUCP@Corwin in
the workin address. This isn't a problem with 'bang' style addressing, but
some machines such as 'that lynx thing' (Glen Overby has a low {deservably}
oppinion of our lynx system) can't deal with 'bang' style names. Lynx needs
Internet style address's. Umail also complains in /usr/lib/umail/umail.err
about the % in general. I can mail out with an address such as
mike.irons%lynx.northrastern.edu@Corwin, but umail doesn't like it. Umail
will even send irons%Minix1.UUCP@Corwin to corwin and back again, not
ralizing that it is just a convoluted local address.
On a side note, the new uucp package on plains does not take into
account for the foo in the L-devices file for the uucico and cu programs.
Please e-mail responces to me as well as the net, as it takes forever
to get here, and comp.os.minix is relayed here.
mike.irons@lynx.northeastern.edu
acm118@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.eduwaltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) (05/20/91)
mike.irons@lynx.northeastern.edu () wrote: > > I got the newest umail from pub/Minix/ftp_contrib on plains.nodak.edu > and I still have problems with adress's such as the one for the lab's computer. > It's mail is sent to corwin via UUCP. As such, it hasthe following form: > > irons%Minix1.UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU > > umail.cf had a domain name entry of UUCP@Corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU to > produce an almost correct reply address. This is needed because corwin will U-MAIL was designed for small systems, with relatively `simple' addressing needs. As such, it functions quit well. In UMAIL 3.57, I finished up the TCP/IP support code (yeah- it now talks SMTP too, people!), to make it usable on the machinery at work (lots of Bull DPX/2's). Works great... With addressing needs like yours, I suggest using Sendmail or perhaps (if it can hack it) Smail 3.1 .If you can tell me what the exact problem is, I could think about a change in UMAIL to do it. Please respond by email.. > account for the foo in the L-devices file for the uucico and cu programs. Yeah, I forgot that one. It will be replaced by the now-almost-debugged UUCP/4E package soon. Fred. -- MicroWalt Corporation, for MINIX Development waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org Tel (+31) 252 230 205, Hoefbladhof 27, 2215 DV VOORHOUT, The Netherlands "An Operating System is what the _USERS_ think of it- me"