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Article #3076Re: smail vs. sendmail
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Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1989 02:47
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1989 02:47
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In article <6618@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> wisner@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Bill Wisner) writes: >On a more pragmatic level it [sendmail] has some very nifty aliasing >features (like piping mail to a program or saving it in an arbitrarily >named file) that are glaringly absent from Smail. Many sites will never >need those features, but then, some will. I've found that creating a paths entry like: site.domain | /usr/lib/mail/gateway %s Works just fine for piping mail destined for a particular system through a program on my machine. Stuff going to a particular user (or daemon) I still use the aliases file (this is under SCO XENIX) which supports the things you mention. Jon -- jon@bodedo.ucm.org "Anywhere is within walking distance... if you have the time."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!killer!texbell!petro!news From: news@petro.UUCP (Usenet Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.uucp,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: smail vs. sendmail Keywords: smail piping Message-ID: <16613@petro.UUCP> Date: 8 Jan 89 02:47:45 GMT References: <378@ispi.UUCP> <6618@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Reply-To: jon@bodedo.ucm.org (Jon Boede) Organization: G.M. Andreen & Associates, Inc. -- San Antonio, Texas Lines: 19