From: dawson@morpheus.bssi.bls.com (Willard Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: News/mail reader
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:34:55 GMT
Organization: BellSouth Systems Integration

(I didn't see the original article referenced herein... but that is what I'm
 following-up, primarily...)

>eoin@xocolatl.com (John F. Snyder) writes:
>
>> dawson@willard.UUCP writes:
>> 
>> -> If anyone wishes to receive the latest, greatest, most up-to-date version,
>> <<of WafHist>>
>> -> drop me a reply.  It's kinda big:
>> 
>> Kind of tough to do...
>> 
>> > From: MAILER-DAEMON@Pa.dec.com (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
>> > Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
>> > 
>> >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>> > bad system name: cs.utexas.edu
>> > uux failed. code 68
>> > 554 <dawson@willard.uucp>... 550 Host unknown 
>> >                      (No such domain (authoritative answer))
>> 
>> Would you mind putting a *working* bang path in your sig?  
>> So that when your %^$%#$% .UUCP address bounces, we can get in
>> contact with you anyway.

Here's the crude answer:

Would you kindly suggest to your system administrator that your mailer is
f*cked.  There is no way that it should have any business requesting MX
or other info from DNS about any site in the .UUCP domain.  Use of site.UUCP
indicates only that that site is registered in the UUCP mapping project,
and does not imply any other information.

The polite answer:

Get your mailer-daemon properly configured so that .UUCP does not show up
as a top-level domain.  Routing of mail to sites in the .UUCP domain
should be done via paths info generated by pathalias from the UUCP maps.

And, to answer the original question, no, I don't mind putting a working
bang-path in my sig, and I'll immediately correct this oversight... well,
as soon as I get home.

zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:

>I just got it from the Path the news message travelled to get to my site.
>
>works fine.. 

Which is easy for informed, experienced news readers.

I am entering this reply on a system at work.  I've only had cnews/nn
running on this system for about a week.... danger, danger, Will Robinson!
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Before you attempt to reply to this article, be forewarned that we have not
completely worked the kinks out of OUR DNS/attmail configuration.  Mail from
the outside to some local addresses (e.g., morpheus!dawson@bselab.bls.com)
works, but not to others.  This is somewhat out of my control, though I've
been offering tactful suggestions to the administrator of the system acting
as MX record holder and email forwarder, and we hope to have this situation
resolved in the very near future.

Yes, you read correctly.  bselab.bls.com is running SysVR4 and attmail.  Ack.
I've already suggested that they convert to another religion, like smail or
IDA sendmail, something I've already had some experience in configuring...

<big ol' worn out disgusted *sigh*>

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