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> When I try it, waffle seems to check its own user list, and if the user
> isn't found, it complains and won't send it.
> 
Yes. You have to use different node names for Waffle and the rest of the
system.
I have my system named ichaos.nullnet, the waffle is named
field.ichaos.nullnet. (NullNet is our local UUCP-network, almost 30
hosts at the moment)
I use smail3.1.24 as mailer on my system, and at the end of this message
are my configuration files concerning Waffle/smail-interface.

> What I'm looking for is a way to tell it: don't check, just pass messages
> off to xenix and let it bounce them if necessary.
> 
Two ways to do this: arrange your Waffle to have different node name or
do some source hacking.

Ok, here is a bunch of sliced configuration files..

.smail/routers:
pathalias: driver=pathalias, method=normal, always;
	proto=bsearch, file=paths
************************************

.smail/transports:
mailin: driver=pipe,
	inet,
	from,
	max_addrs=1,
	max_chars=80;
	cmd="/usr/waffle/bin/mailin $user",
	umask=0022,
	log_output,
	pipe_as_sender
************************************

.smail/methods/normal:
field mailin
* uux
************************************

.waffle/extern/_system:
mail    /command="/usr/bin/rmail -f %A@field.ichaos.nullnet %i"
************************************

/etc/waffle (aka waffle/system/static)
node         : field.ichaos.nullnet
mail         : %A (%W)
news         : %A (%W)
netmail      : %W <%A@%n>
netnews      : %W <%A@%n>
************************************

.I wonder whether this is of any help for anyone...

Juha Laiho/jlaiho@cc.Helsinki.FI

tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:

>Does anyone have any idea how I can get Waffle to allow users to send mail
>to people who just have shell accounts (root comes to mind, as an example).

Have you tried ../waffle/system/aliases ?

Andy
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In article <ZwssiB1w164w@qed.cts.com> tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:

>Does anyone have any idea how I can get Waffle to allow users to send mail
>to people who just have shell accounts (root comes to mind, as an example).

Welcome to de club, Tim :-)

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kmcvay@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay) writes:

>In article <ZwssiB1w164w@qed.cts.com> tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:

>>Does anyone have any idea how I can get Waffle to allow users to send mail
>>to people who just have shell accounts (root comes to mind, as an example).

>Welcome to de club, Tim :-)

For my site, I defined the bbs as a seperate net site, with its own address.
I used smail3.1.21 to pass incoming mail for that site to mailin.
Not easy to do initially, but once it was set up (Tom did help me on this),
it worked great.  When a bbs user wants to send mail to the shell side, all
he (or she) has to do is send it in the form (user@site).  It works the
same way from the shell side to the bbs.  Tom has copies of the necessary
config files, and *may* include the necessary "how-to" info with 1.65.

If anyone has smail3 and wants to try this, I will be happy to send copies
of my config files.

Scott

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>Does anyone have any idea how I can get Waffle to allow users to send mail
>to people who just have shell accounts (root comes to mind, as an example).
>

I've seen people diable the mail system of waffle (*nix) and then run elm as
an external. By doing this, all mail bypasses the restrictions imposed by
waffle itself. Of course, it takes some twiddling to accomplish...

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root@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:

>>Does anyone have any idea how I can get Waffle to allow users to send mail
>>to people who just have shell accounts (root comes to mind, as an example).
>>
>I've seen people diable the mail system of waffle (*nix) and then run elm as
>an external. By doing this, all mail bypasses the restrictions imposed by
>waffle itself. Of course, it takes some twiddling to accomplish...

But then you have the problem of having to find another editor besides vi
to work with elm.  You can't use vi, because they can read-in your waffle
password file, as well as /etc/passwd.
Not a good thing.

Scott

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In article <1992Apr11.225148.10654@ryptyde.cts.com>, scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:
> root@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:
> 
>>I've seen people diable the mail system of waffle (*nix) and then run elm as
>>an external.
> 
> But then you have the problem of having to find another editor besides vi
> to work with elm.  You can't use vi, because they can read-in your waffle
> password file, as well as /etc/passwd.

How about uEmacs in restricted mode? Seems to be good enough at least on
my system.

.Juha