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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: How to make use of BounceNoDomain
- References: <dave.0a37@ccom.co.nz>
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- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 18:14:55 EDT
- Organization: Only if you insist...
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- In article <dave.0a37@ccom.co.nz> dave@ccom.co.nz (David Eaves) writes:
- > We occasionally receive a mail message accidently addressed to
- > XXX.ccom.co.nz, where XXX doesn't exist in our ccom.co.nz domain.
-
- > I understand I should be able to use Amiga UUCP's BounceNoDomain
- > feature to have these messages automatically bounced. However to do
- > this I must remove the '*' default node entry from the Domain file.
- > How can I then configure it so that all messages for the outside world
- > are still forwarded via our provider?
-
- BounceNoDomain only affects incoming mail (i.e., things run through
- RMAIL, or "sendmail -r").
-
- Outgoing mail, where a Domain entry does not override, goes to
- DefaultNode. If your provider is your DefaultNode, then you have
- no problems. Otherwise, this doesn't work for you.
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
- \X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
-