MCCALPIN%FSU.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA (05/29/87)
Thanks for the many helpful replies. I got the system working by the following
tricks:
(1) I turned off the : to . conversion in the sendmail.cf files
of the SMTP (non-gateway) machines.
(I have never seen the : used in an ARPANET address, maybe it
is an old syntax)
(2) I added a rule in the gateway machines sendmail.cf like
# Mail-11 rules
R$+::$+@gateway_name $@$1::$2 # strip gateway name
Now from SMTP to DECNET goes like:
decnet_node::user_name@ultrix_gateway
and mail from DECNET to SMTP goes like
ultrix_gateway::"user_name@unix_node"
Amazingly enough, REPLY works in both directions.
I just hope that I don't need that : to . translation when our gateway comes
up on the ARPANET in a few months....
john mccalpin
mccalpin@fsu.mfenet
mcalpin@fsu.bitnet
(mccalpin%fsu.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa)mitch@batcomputer.UUCP (06/03/87)
In article <870529105450.010@nmfecc.arpa> MCCALPIN%FSU.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA writes: >Thanks for the many helpful replies. I got the system working by the following >tricks: > (1) I turned off the : to . conversion in the sendmail.cf files > of the SMTP (non-gateway) machines. > (I have never seen the : used in an ARPANET address, maybe it > is an old syntax) > (2) I added a rule in the gateway machines sendmail.cf like > # Mail-11 rules > R$+::$+@gateway_name $@$1::$2 # strip gateway name > >Now from SMTP to DECNET goes like: > decnet_node::user_name@ultrix_gateway >and mail from DECNET to SMTP goes like > ultrix_gateway::"user_name@unix_node" >Amazingly enough, REPLY works in both directions. >I just hope that I don't need that : to . translation when our gateway comes >up on the ARPANET in a few months.... I have gone through essentially the same steps as you and have run into one additional problem that you will face when you get on ARPANET. How does someone send mail to your VMS machine from a SMTP machine that you don't manage? You haven't taken out their : to . translation, so if they use the :: syntax, their own machine will mess up the address before it ever gets to your ultrix gateway. My approach was to put all my VMS users in the alias list on the ultrix machine. Obviously this would be a pain in the behind for a large site, but our department isn't so big that it's a major hassle. Outside users are told to address mail for VMS users to user@ultrix-gateway. The gateway finds the user in the alias list and forwards it via mail-11 to the proper VMS machine. -Mitch Collinsworth Program of Computer Graphics Cornell University