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- From: Gene Spafford <genrad!linus!gatech!spaf>
- Subject: GaTech Sendmail files (Introduction)
- Newsgroups: mod.sources
- Approved: jpn@panda.UUCP
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- Mod.sources: Volume 3, Issue 22
- Submitted by: Gene Spafford <ihnp4!gatech!spaf>
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- This is the second posting of the GaTech sendmail files. Since the
- first posting of these files, I have made a number of changes to the
- way mixed operator addresses are handled, and in the backend "smart"
- uucp mail handler. A number of other bugs and enhancements have been
- added, as well as some more documentation.
-
- The configuration files are contained in 3 shell archives (following).
- The file "overview.ms" is a ?roff-formatted paper which explains what
- happens to mail when it reaches site "gatech". The README file
- describes the background and machine configuration which influenced the
- current version of this system. "gatech" is on the CSNet, has over 50
- high-connectivity UUCP connections, is on (at least) one local
- Ethernet, and serves as the campus gateway machine. The sendmail files
- try to deal with all of this connectivity in a logical manner, and also
- leave room for expansion should we add new connections and machines.
-
- I am *NOT* interested in getting into any discussions about domains
- vs. routes in UUCP-land, nor do I wish to receive flames about how I
- picked domains and recognize them. I designed the system the way it is
- because it provides a logical way of sending mail even along complex
- routes, while at the same time it is simple to maintain by simply
- updating some files. Our users have to know next to nothing about
- network gateways or routing to be able to send mail almost anywhere. I
- have yet to come across any *real* addresses the system does not handle
- in a correct fashion. It also does not break various kinds of
- addresses of mail transshipped through "gatech"; at least, I haven't
- had any reports of such. And in the 8+ months that I have been running
- variants of this system, including the uucp mail re-router, I have had
- under 10 complaints, and those have been either due to sites not being
- registered with the uucp map project, or due to problems with other
- site's mailers. Please don't send me mail if you are a rabid "bangist"
- or "domainist" and you don't like how I handle your favorite network
- routing character -- the system works and I'm not interested in endless
- flaming on the topic.
-
- I hope you find this material useful. If you find any bugs or design
- any worthwhile enhancements, I'd like to hear about them. There are
- still a few things I'd like to clean up in this package, and when I get
- the time I may make up a third release containing those changes plus
- any contributed modifications. I will try to answer any questions
- mailed to me, but I cannot always promise prompt response -- I'm
- supposed to be putting 120% of my time into my thesis. Enjoy.
-
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- Gene Spafford
- The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
- CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA
- uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf
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