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- From: klensin@infoods.mit.edu (John C Klensin)
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- Subject: Handling of aliases via Option Name_table_name
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- Date: 3 Sep 92 10:46:57 GMT
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- The Options file entry "name_table_name" can be used to specify
- a logical name table "to be searched for address aliases".
-
- Two questions:
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- (1) is this searched before the conventional "aliases." file and its
- database or after it? Are the targets of these equivalence-name aliases
- processed back through the rewrite rules as the "aliases." entries are,
- are are they processed only as part of delivery actions?
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- (2) Is there any reasonable way to test whether such a search resulted
- in a "hit?". It appears that one might be able to do this with a
- $[image,...]
- rule that searched the logical name table itself, but is there an
- easier/better way? If not, does anyone have such code lying around that
- could be examined or scrounged?
-
- thanks,
- john
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