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- Path: sparky!uunet!rde!gator!miles!rms
- From: rms@miles.com (Rob Schultz)
- Subject: Re: How can I route uucp mail to an internal DECNET?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.181739.2922@miles.com>
- Organization: Miles Inc., Diagnostics Division, Elkhart, IN
- References: <1992Aug7.182909.815@miles.com> <1992Aug10.182952.825@cs.tulane.edu> <1992Aug14.065628.3058@dakota.alisa.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:17:39 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In article <1992Aug14.065628.3058@dakota.alisa.com> denny@dakota.alisa.com (Bob Denny) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug7.182909.815@miles.com> Rob Schultz, rms@miles.com
- >writes:
- >>Can anyone out there tell me how to transfer mail between USENET and
- >>an internal DECNET (VMS MAIL) system? I presume that I need some
- >>software to handle the routing, but nobody here seems to know anything
- >>about it...
- >
- >one. I am guessing that you already have DECUS UUCP because your VAX is the
- >UUCP connection. If so, there is a file called MAIL_REWRITE.RULES that can
- >be used to transform internet addresses into DECnet addresses and effect
- >VMS Mail delivery. REGISTER YOUR SITE AS A DOMAIN(!). Then add a rule
- >
- > *@*.yourdomain.com \002::\001
- >
- >and any mail addressed to user@node.yourdomain.com will be routed to the
- >VMS Mail address NODE::USER. YOu need to do the reverse for outgoing mail
- >to convert DECnet address back into a domain address. If you insist on
-
- Actually, our Unix system is the outside gateway, and the VAX-Unix connection
- is accomplished via ethernet, while the unix-outside world connection is
- accomplished via a dial-up.
-
- Is there any way to use something similar to this for our setup? (This is
- the type of simple solution that I am most interested in.)
-
- Thanks -
- rms
-
- BTW - I have received a few responses, but no "me-too's". Is anyone else
- out there interested enough for me to summarize and post what I learn?
-
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