brian@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Brian Kantor) (11/13/87)
We've come to the conclusion here at UCSD that a few of our mailbox handling problems can be solved by using the nameserver system on campus as a method of maintaining and distributing a sort of global mailbox mapping table. Clearly something of this nature was intended when the MAILB, MB, MR, MG, and MINFO stuff was designed into the nameserver system. Yet I can find no solid suggestions for use, nor any mention of actual implementations of these features. The early domain RFCs mention the possible uses, but offer no practical suggestions nor do they really define the semantics of each of the possible mailbox RRs. RFC974 also denies any specification. Is this uncharted territory? Have others used these RRs? I'm in the process of hacking them into the Berkeley Unix MTA - sendmail. Any suggestions would be welcome. Brian Kantor UCSD Postmaster & Keeper of the News UCSD Office of Academic Computing Academic Network Operations Group UCSD B-028, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA brian@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (619) 534-6865