[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] PCTCP vmail routing

darren@edm.isac.CA (Darren Schultz) (04/16/91)

We are trying to get vmail on PC TCP to send mail only to our POP3 mail
server on a SCO UNIX box.  Vmail will only send it to our mail relay if
we attach it's address behind the name(i.e darren@128.5.0.1).
I have set the mailrelay using the ipconfig commands but it still try's to do
some of the routing.  Is there any way of setting a default address to
the mailrelay?  The mailer is able to handle all to the routing and
doesn't need any assistance from vmail.
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Darren Schultz 		         mail: darren@edm.isac.ca
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jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen") (04/19/91)

    We are trying to get vmail on PC TCP to send mail only to our POP3 mail
    server on a SCO UNIX box.... I have set the mailrelay using the ipconfig
    commands but it still try's to do some of the routing.

The "mailrelay" is normally set to the fully-qualified domain name of a local
host that runs a full-service, queueing mail forwarder like 4bsd sendmail.
When we're using one, we use an RFC 822 source route, e.g.
@relay.net:user@host.com.  Is this what is causing you problems?

If SCO box is 'relay.net' in the above, that source route should be treated
as equivalent to "user@host.com".  If their sendmail.cf doesn't understand
source routes, it can be fixed to either parse them (the sendmail.cf we
distribute with our OS/2 product does so) or ignore them.

James B. VanBokkelen		26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA  01880
FTP Software Inc.		voice: (617) 246-0900  fax: (617) 246-0901

jbrown@locus.com (Jordan Brown) (04/22/91)

In article <9104182200.AA08140@ftp.com> jbvb@ftp.com writes:
>When we're using one, we use an RFC 822 source route, e.g.
>@relay.net:user@host.com.  Is this what is causing you problems?

Please note that RFC 1123 discourages generating source
routes, and explicitly allows a system to discard them.