[bit.listserv.pmdf-l] Thanks!

MIKE@CISCO.NOSC.MIL (02/06/90)

        Thanks to all who tried to help with my problem (Re: configuring a
gateway). The key was the $D which I still can't find define in the doc,
although I see it used in several places. Many sent me rules I had already
tried, of course "$U%$H.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu" was right out of the manual
and didn't work, I'm glad I'm not the only one a little confused with this
stuff! Ned Freed himself provided the best rule:

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alternatively, you can avoid the extra channel entirely by using a rewrite
rule of the form

    .bitnet      $U@$H$D@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CTCP-DAEMON

This type of rule is not documented in 3.0, but it does work.
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        Thanks again for such a timely response:

        Matt Power
        Bruce Tanner
        Mike Iglesias
        James Wilkinson
        Ken Case
        Larry Fahnoe
        Bob Tinkelman
        Ned Freed

                                                Mike

NED@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU (Ned Freed, Postmaster) (02/06/90)

$D was a last-minute addition and did not make it into the documentation
until 3.1 (I think). It is quite useful -- it exapands to the part of the
address that matched the left hand of the rewrite (in most cases this means
it expands into the left hand side all over again). It is a cosmetic thing,
but it does make rules a little tidier.

                                Ned