From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!list-mgr" 10-MAR-1993 23:27:21.88
To:	MX-List@WKUVX1.BITNET
CC:	tsai@usdcsv.acusd.edu
Subj:	Re: mx mail gateway server

Allen Tsai, tsai@usdcsv.acusd.edu, 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 Multine
   t
>(tcp/ip) as mail gateway. How is it to be done? Do i put smtp-over-DECnet modul
   e
>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!

1. Install Multinet on node A.
   Disable Multinet's SMTP.

2. Install MX on node A, with:
   - SMTP
   - SMTP-over-DECnet

   Your PATH configuration would probably be something like:
     Domain="node1.usdcsv.acusd.edu", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route=node1
     Domain="node2.usdcsv.acusd.edu", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route=node2
     Domain="node3.usdcsv.acusd.edu", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route=node3
     Domain="node4.usdcsv.acusd.edu", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route=node4

3. Install MX on all other nodes, with:
   - SMTP-over-DECnet

   The PATH configuration for these nodes will be something like:
     Domain="UH01.Colorado.EDU", Path=Local
     Domain="UH01", Path=Local
     Domain="UH01.Colorado", Path=Local
     Domain="*", Path=DECnet_SMTP, Route="A"

   where "A" should be replaced by the node that has Multinet installed.

I've setup #3, but I've never needed to do #2, so my advice may be incorrect --
somone please correct me if necesary...

This will allow all users on all nodes to send mail using the simple
MX%"address" method.

If your Multinet node is in a VAXcluster, the nodes in the VAXcluster don't
need to have SMTP-over-DECnet installed, or running -- those nodes should
have mail delivered with the LOCAL path.

-Dan Wing, dwing@uh01.colorado.edu or wing_d@ucolmcc.bitnet (DGW11)
 Systems Administrator, University Hospital, Denver