Smail, etc.

[Greg Hackney]

In article <971 at ndsuvax.UUCP> ncegeber at ndsuvax.UUCP (Roger Egeberg) writes:
>We finally got around to getting our SysV/AT system talking to the local VAX
>through uucp.  Since the 'mail' and 'mailx' programs that come with Microport
>don't seem to know about sending mail unless you have a specific path(!), I'd 
>like to know what else is required to use the 'user\@site.uucp' style
>addresses. 

You'll need to start by getting the public domain source code "smail".
It has documentation on installation. It essentially replaces your
rmail file with a file that does every thing rmail did plus looks
also looks at a "paths" file to determine routing. It still uses
the existing mail and mailx programs (although mail is moved to
lmail and gets accessed indirectly thru a new mail program).

The latest "smail" package also includes the source code for
the tools to build your "paths" file (pathalias), that is, if you
have a news feed that gets comp.mail.maps. If not, a neighbor
can build a paths file for you.

Get the source code from a neighbor, and look at the docs.
--
Greg