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In article <DANJ1.91Apr17160336@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM writes:

>Mark> We'd prefer a mail program that could interface to /usr/lib/sendmail.

>How 'bout one that interfaces with /bin/mail or /bin/rmail, that way
>it will work on all machines.

How do you ask /bin/mail or /bin/rmail to verify an address on all (any)
machines?   What if the thing that happens to be named /bin/rmail just
queues messages and delivers in another process?

>Mark> The request comes from a user here who's tired of the effort it takes
>Mark> to detect and resend messages that are bounced back to him because he
>Mark> mistyped a user name.  I've told him that it would be difficult to
>Mark> verify remote addresses in real-time, so it's OK with him if only local
>Mark> users, system-wide aliases, and aliases in a user's .mailrc file are
>Mark> verified.  Suggestions welcome.

Where is he getting the addresses from in the first place?  If he has
a list on the machine, why not read it in directly from there?  Why
not make it easy to fix and remail a bounced message so it will
be just as easy when the bad remote addresses come back?  Some machines
send all unknown mail to a central host to make it easier to maintain
the aliases and lists - in this case, there won't be any local errors.


Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us