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1 total messages Started by Aydin "Bif" Edguer Thu, 07 Jul 1988 20:24
SMTP vs UUCP/TCP + more
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Author: Aydin "Bif" Edguer
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 1988 20:24
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I recently became a part of the NSFnet and thus the great INTERnet community.
I have installed the new named(4.8), sendmail(5.59), nntp(1.5), and tcp.
Everything is running well for the most part but I do have a couple of
questions.

Q1:
	To sites that I now communicate to via the internet instead of
	dialup, should I
		a) make a TCP entry in my L.sys file 
		or
		b) map the hostname to hostname.domain in sendmail
	With (a) the site looks like a uucp site to sendmail and
	uucico(1) must be called to actually deliver the mail.
	This also involves the overhead of logging in.
	With (b) the site name is treated as a fully qualified domain
	and thus delivered via SMTP.
	Which is the "Better" way to go and why?
Q2:
	When given an address <@host1.dom,@host2.dom:user@host3.dom>
	the mail should be forwarded to host1.dom.  But what address
	should be passed to host1?  Should the address be <@host1.dom,
	@host2.dom:user@host3.dom> (and make host1 remove its name)
	or should the address be <@host2.dom:user@host3.dom>?
	Similarly for the address <@host2.dom:user@host3.dom>...
	should host2 get <@host2:user@host3.dom> or just <user@host3.dom>?

Thanks,
Aydin Edguer
ane@hal.cwru.edu
(216) 368-3195 (w)
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