From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!list-mgr" 16-JUL-1992 09:37:42.10
To:	MX-List@WKUVX1.BITNET
CC:	
Subj:	Re: SMTP over DECnet questions

In article <0095D91A.0B0BFD80.8237@hal.hahnemann.edu>, murphy@hal.hahnemann.edu
 writes:


> We would like to have mail from the outside world, addressed as
>
> user@DECnet_host.hahnemann.edu
>
> to be delivered to
>
> user@DECnet_host.dnet.hahnemann.edu
>
> via the gateway system.
>
> I know that we will need to set up some MX records in our nameserver
> database and will probably need some rewrite rules for MX on the gateway.
> The documentation is a little sketchy in this area and I am hoping that
> someone might be able to point me in the right direction.  Any help,
> suggestions, or commiserations will be greatly appreciated!

        Let's say you have node "hahnemann.edu" running the full MX and nodes
"client1", and "client2" running SMTP over DECnet.  First you setup MX
on hahnemann.edu to know what to do with the mail:


MCP> DEFINE PATH "client1.hahnemann.edu" DECnet_SMTP /ROUTE="Client1"
MCP> DEFINE PATH "client2.hahnemann.edu" DECnet_SMTP /ROUTE="Client2"


This will tell MX that for mail addressed to those nodes send them on via the
DECnet_SMTP channel.

Now for the MX records in the DNS:


$ORIGIN         hahnemann.edu.
;
; The mail for client1 is sent to hahnemann.edu
;
client1         IN      MX      10 hahnemann.edu
;
; The mail for client2 is sent to hahnemann.edu
;
client2         IN      MX      10 hahnemann.edu


I think that might get you started.


-Earle
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