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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU!TKSLEN
- Return-path: uucp@mccall.UUCP
- Errors-to: epmdf@YMIR.BITNET
- Organization: SUNY at Buffalo, Systems group
- X-Envelope-to: PMDF-L@IRLEARN.BITNET
- X-VMS-To: IN%"ipmdf-newsgate@mccall.UUCP"
- Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
- Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
- Message-ID: <01GOJYCX0YHE96VW4G@YMIR.CLAREMONT.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 07:58:58 GMT
- Sender: PMDF Distribution List <PMDF-L@IRLEARN>
- Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AMERICAN.EDU
- From: tkslen@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
- Subject: GATES.RULES file does not look right.
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pmdf-l
- Lines: 80
-
-
- I finally ran configure.com the other day and merged it's pmdf.cnf and my
- old pmdf.cnf file. So far so good. Since configure.com also creates
- BITNET_DOMAINS_DRIVER.COM I ran this instead of BITNET_DOMAINS.COM directly.
- Now when I look at the GATES.RULES file it doesn't look correct. The following
- is a segment of the file:
- AEARN $U%$H.BITNET
- AEARN.BITNET $E$F$U%$D@MAILER|AEARN
- AEARN.BITNET $S$U@$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AEARN.BITNET $U$%$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AEARN.BITNET $U%$D@MAILER|AEARN
- AINUNI01 $U%$H.BITNET
- AINUNI01.BITNET $E$F$U%$D@MAILER|AINUNI01
- AINUNI01.BITNET $S$U@$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AINUNI01.BITNET $U$%$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AINUNI01.BITNET $U%$D@MAILER|AINUNI01
- AKRONVAX $U%$H.BITNET
- AKRONVAX.BITNET $E$F$U%$D@MAILER|AKRONVAX
- AKRONVAX.BITNET $S$U@$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AKRONVAX.BITNET $U$%$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AKRONVAX.BITNET $U%$D@MAILER|AKRONVAX
- AKRONVM $U%$H.BITNET
- AKRONVM.BITNET $E$F$U%$D@MAILER|AKRONVM
- AKRONVM.BITNET $S$U@$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AKRONVM.BITNET $U$%$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- AKRONVM.BITNET $U%$D@MAILER|AKRONVM
- ALASKA $U%$H.BITNET
- ALASKA.BITNET $E$F$U%$D@MAILER|ALASKA
- ALASKA.BITNET $S$U@$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- ALASKA.BITNET $U$%$D@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu$Qwtcp_local
- ALASKA.BITNET $U%$D@MAILER|ALASKA
-
- As you can see it has multiple entries for each node. Could I have answered
- one
- of the questions from configure.com that incorrectly that it could cause this
- problem. When I do a pmdf test/rewrite/noimage I get the following:
-
- $ pmdf test/rewrite/noimage
- Address: k@alaskj
- k@alaska
- channel = l
- channel flags #1 = BIDIRECTIONAL MULTIPLE IMMNORMAL
- channel flags #2 = NOSENDPOST NOWARNPOST HEADERINC
- channel flags #3 =
- channel flags #4 = EIGHT_NEGOTIATE RULES
- channel flags #5 =
- channel flags #6 = LOCALUSER
- channel flags #7 = NOSWITCH NOREMOTEHOST DEFRAGMENT DATEFOUR
- text/plain charset def = (7) US-ASCII 5 (8) ISO-8859-1 51
- channel envelope address type = SOURCEROUTE
- channel header address type = SOURCEROUTE
- channel official host = ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
- channel local alias =
- channel queue name =
- channel daemon name =
- channel user name =
- notices =
- channel rightslist ids =
- header To: address = k%alaska.BITNET@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
- header From: address = k%alaska.BITNET@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
- envelope To: address = k@alaska.BITNET (route
- (MAILER|ALASKA,ALASKA.BITNET)
- )
- envelope From: address = k%alaska.BITNET@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
- name =
- mbox = k%alaska.BITNET
- Extracted address action list:
- k@alaska
- Extracted 733 address action list:
- k@alaska
- Expanded address:
- k@alaska.BITNET
- Submitted address list:
- bit_mailer
- k@alaska.BITNET (alaska.BITNET)
-
- As you can see it is trying to use the local channel to send to this node.
-
- Any help would be appreciated,
- Lenny Miceli
-