From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!list-mgr" 12-MAR-1993 09:25:48.73
To:	MX-List@WKUVX1.BITNET
CC:	
Subj:	Re: mx mail gateway server

In article <11226676@MVB.SAIC.COM>, TSAI@ACUSD.BITNET writes:
=Thank you for several responses to my earlier mx configuration. Now, the real
=thing we try to accomplish in my institution is to have DECnet-only nodes
=send/receive smtp mails to the Internet using a machine with DECnet and
 Multinet
=(tcp/ip) as mail gateway. How is it to be done? Do i put smtp-over-DECnet
 module
=on DECnet-only nodes while smtp interface on the latter node? Can anyone send
=to me samples of your site configurations or any caveats? Thanks!

First, get an MX record put in the nameservers' databases that points from your
DECnet-only node to your DECnet and SMTP node (in my case, it's an MX record
mapping from NEPTU1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU to SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU).  Then configure
the mailer along the lines of:

On SOL1 (which has both DECnet and TCP/IP):

Domain-to-path mappings:
  Domain="SOL1", Path=Local
  Domain="SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU", Path=Local
  Domain="[131.215.64.165]", Path=Local
  Domain="NEPTU1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route="NEPTU1"
  Domain="*", Path=SMTP

On NEPTU1 (which has only DECnet):

Domain-to-path mappings:
  Domain="NEPTU1", Path=Local
  Domain="NEPTU1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU", Path=Local
  Domain="*", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route="SOL1"
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Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL

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organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
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