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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 04:21:30 +1100
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- From: John Mann <John.Mann@CC.MONASH.EDU.AU>
- Subject: RE: Help needed with setting up the 'd' channel
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pmdf-l
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- mahendra,
-
- > We have a few VAXstations on our LAVC that do not run PMDF. Internet
- > mail to these systems are forwarded by the PMDF host
- > Meena.CC.URegina.CA using the decnet channel as follows:
- >
- > !
- > ! Rewrite rules for the D (MAIL-11) channel
- > !
- > ponna $U%ponna@DECNET-MAIL
- > regie1 $U%regie1@DECNET-MAIL
- > regie2 $U%regie2@DECNET-MAIL
- > Lang $U%Lang@DECNET-MAIL
- >
- > d 733 nox_env_to header_733
- > DECNET-MAIL
- > ponna ponna
- > regie1 regie1
- > regie2 regie2
- > Lang Lang
- >
- > The trouble with this is that on all out-going mail from these
- > systems, the From: field shows up as just user@host (e.g.
- > User@Lang) which is not replyable. What we would like to have is
- > the From: address to be User%Lang@Meena.CC.URegina.CA. Please
- > explain how this can be accomplished?
-
- I think that rather than have the From: address be something like
- "User%Lang@Meena.CC.URegina.CA", it is much nicer to have the From:
- address be something like "User@Lang.CC.URegina.CA". Then it doesn't
- matter to outside people whether these LAVc nodes run PMDF or not, or
- whether "Meena" stays being the gateway machine or not -- people won't
- have to change entries in mailing lists etc. ...
-
- Example PMDF.CNF lines:
- --------------------------------
- ! Address re-writes
- ! expand local node names to full domain names
- ponna $U%$D.CC.URegina.CA
- regie1 $U%$D.CC.URegina.CA
- regie2 $U%$D.CC.URegina.CA
- Lang $U%$D.CC.URegina.CA
- !
- ! Routing re-writes
- ! send mail to LAVc noes using DECnet channel
- ponna.CC.URegina.CA $U%$D@DECNET-MAIL
- regie1.CC.URegina.CA $U%$D@DECNET-MAIL
- regie2.CC.URegina.CA $U%$D@DECNET-MAIL
- Lang.CC.URegina.CA $U%$D@DECNET-MAIL
-
- d 733 logging nox_env_to linelength 255
- DECNET-MAIL
- --------------------------------
-
- Then have the person who maintains your Domain Naming System files setup
- some MX records for "ponna.CC.URegina.CA" etc. to have mail for them
- routed to "Meena.CC.URegina.C" .
-
- Example lines for the CC.URegina.CA DNS zone file:
- --------------------------------
- ponna IN MX 10 Meena.CC.URegina.CA.
- regie1 IN MX 10 Meena.CC.URegina.CA.
- regie2 IN MX 10 Meena.CC.URegina.CA.
- Lang IN MX 10 Meena.CC.URegina.CA.
- --------------------------------
-
- As always, check any setup you decide on using e.g.
- $ PMDF TEST/REWRITE user@Lang
- $ PMDF TEST/REWRITE user@Lang.CC.URegina.CA
-
- John
- --
- John Mann
- Communications and Networking Group Net: John.Mann@cc.monash.edu.au
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